Tremarctinae
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Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tremarctinae canonical | 2 |
| Arctotherium | 1 |
| Tremarctos | 1 |
| Tremarctos ornatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tremarctinae Context triple: [Ursidae, hasSubfamily, Tremarctinae]
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A.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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B.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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C.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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D.
Burramyidae
Burramyidae is a family of small nocturnal marsupials known as pygmy possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
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E.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tremarctinae Target entity description: Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.
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A.
Ursidae
Ursidae is the biological family of mammals that includes bears, such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears, characterized by large bodies, strong limbs, and omnivorous diets.
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B.
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of parasitic cuckoo bees within the family Apidae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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C.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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D.
Burramyidae
Burramyidae is a family of small nocturnal marsupials known as pygmy possums, native to Australia and nearby regions.
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E.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bear subfamily
ⓘ
taxonomic subfamily ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | short-faced bears ⓘ |
| contains | only living short-faced bear species ⓘ |
| containsOnlyExtantBearSpecies |
Andean bear
ⓘ
surface form:
Tremarctos ornatus
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFromOtherBearsBy | cranial morphology and facial shortening ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
adaptations for powerful bite
ⓘ
deep snout ⓘ relatively short and broad skull ⓘ |
| extantRepresentativeCommonName | spectacled bear ⓘ |
| extantRepresentativeScientificName |
Andean bear
ⓘ
surface form:
Tremarctos ornatus
|
| extantSpeciesCount | 1 ⓘ |
| extinctMembersGeographicRange |
North America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| extinctMembersTemporalRange |
Pleistocene epoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Pleistocene
|
| fossilRange | Miocene to Recent ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Americas ⓘ |
| habitatOfExtantRepresentative | Andean cloud forests ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Ursidae ⓘ |
| includesExtantSpecies | Tremarctos ornatus ⓘ |
| includesExtinctGenera |
Arctodus
ⓘ
Arctotherium ⓘ Plionarctos ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Ursus
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctodus
Tremarctinae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Arctotherium
Plionarctos ⓘ Andean bear ⓘ
surface form:
Tremarctos
Andean bear ⓘ
surface form:
Tremarctos ornatus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| largestKnownMembers |
Arctodus
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctodus simus
Arctotherium ⓘ
surface form:
Arctotherium angustidens
|
| membersAre | New World bears ⓘ |
| namedAfterTypeGenus | Tremarctos ⓘ |
| notableExtinctMember |
Arctodus
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctodus simus
Arctotherium ⓘ
surface form:
Arctotherium angustidens
|
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| paleoecology | included some large omnivorous to hypercarnivorous species ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ursidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ailuropoda
ⓘ
surface form:
Ailuropodinae
Ursinae ⓘ |
| suborder | Caniformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tremarctinae Description of subject: Tremarctinae is a subfamily of bears that includes the living spectacled bear and several extinct short-faced bears of the Americas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tremarctos
this entity surface form:
Arctotherium