Macropus
E173136
Macropus is a genus of large marsupials that includes many of the best-known kangaroo and wallaby species native to Australia.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macropus canonical | 5 |
| Macropus giganteus | 4 |
| Macropus eugenii | 2 |
| Macropus parma | 2 |
| Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus | 2 |
| Macropus rufus | 2 |
| Macropus bernardus | 1 |
| Macropus dorsalis | 1 |
| Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus | 1 |
| Macropus fuliginosus melanops | 1 |
| Macropus irma | 1 |
| Macropus parryi | 1 |
| Macropus robustus | 1 |
| Macropus rufogriseus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1493137 — 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: Macropus Context triple: [Osphranter rufus, historicalGenus, Macropus]
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A.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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B.
Phascolarctos cinereus
Phascolarctos cinereus is the arboreal Australian marsupial commonly known as the koala, noted for its eucalyptus-based diet and stout, tailless body.
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C.
Marsupiale
Marsupiale is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, an Italian World War II-era three-engined transport and bomber aircraft.
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D.
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a rare, arboreal marsupial native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia, known for its strong climbing ability and distinctive bear-like appearance.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- 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: Macropus Target entity description: Macropus is a genus of large marsupials that includes many of the best-known kangaroo and wallaby species native to Australia.
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A.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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B.
Phascolarctos cinereus
Phascolarctos cinereus is the arboreal Australian marsupial commonly known as the koala, noted for its eucalyptus-based diet and stout, tailless body.
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C.
Marsupiale
Marsupiale is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, an Italian World War II-era three-engined transport and bomber aircraft.
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D.
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a rare, arboreal marsupial native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia, known for its strong climbing ability and distinctive bear-like appearance.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
herbivorous diet
ⓘ
large hind legs adapted for hopping ⓘ long muscular tail used for balance ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | kangaroos and wallabies ⓘ |
| describedBy | Shaw, 1790 ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek makros (long) and pous (foot) ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
agile wallaby
ⓘ
antilopine kangaroo ⓘ swamp wallaby ⓘ
surface form:
black wallaby
eastern grey kangaroo ⓘ parma wallaby ⓘ red kangaroo ⓘ red-necked wallaby ⓘ Tammar wallabies ⓘ
surface form:
tammar wallaby
western grey kangaroo ⓘ whiptail wallaby ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Macropus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus giganteus
|
| includesSpecies |
Macropus agilis
ⓘ
northern nail-tail wallaby ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus antilopinus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus bernardus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus dorsalis
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus eugenii
Macropus fuliginosus ⓘ Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus fuliginosus melanops
Macropus fuliginosus rothschildi ⓘ Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus giganteus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus irma
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus parma
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus parryi
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus robustus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus rufogriseus
Macropus rufogriseus banksianus ⓘ Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus
Macropus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macropus rufus
|
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ nearby islands of Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern mammalogy and taxonomy ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to underdeveloped young that develop in a pouch ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macropus Description of subject: Macropus is a genus of large marsupials that includes many of the best-known kangaroo and wallaby species native to Australia.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macropus giganteus
this entity surface form:
Macropus rufus
this entity surface form:
Macropus giganteus
this entity surface form:
Macropus giganteus
this entity surface form:
Macropus giganteus
this entity surface form:
Macropus rufus
this entity surface form:
Macropus parryi
this entity surface form:
Macropus robustus
this entity surface form:
Macropus dorsalis
this entity surface form:
Macropus eugenii
this entity surface form:
Macropus parma
this entity surface form:
Macropus rufogriseus
this entity surface form:
Macropus bernardus
this entity surface form:
Macropus irma
this entity surface form:
Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus
this entity surface form:
Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
this entity surface form:
Macropus fuliginosus melanops
this entity surface form:
Macropus parma
subject surface form:
Tammar wallaby
this entity surface form:
Macropus eugenii
this entity surface form:
Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus