Hydrurga
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Hydrurga is a monotypic genus of large Antarctic seals best known for its sole species, the predatory leopard seal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydrurga leptonyx | 3 |
| Hydrurga canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
mammal genus ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | leopard seal genus ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| distribution | circumpolar around Antarctica ⓘ |
| family | Phocidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
pelagic Antarctic waters
ⓘ
sea ice zone around Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasFeedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| hasLatinEtymology | derived from Greek for "water worker" or "water hunter" ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
associated with pack ice
ⓘ
large body size ⓘ predatory lifestyle ⓘ top predator in Antarctic marine ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Hydrurga
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hydrurga leptonyx
|
| includesTaxon |
Hydrurga
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hydrurga leptonyx
|
| isMonotypic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Phocidae
ⓘ
earless seals ⓘ true seals ⓘ |
| namedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| nativeToRegion |
Southern Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic coastal waters ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Antarctic pack ice zone
ⓘ
sub-Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Lobodontini
ⓘ
Phocidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
ⓘ
World Register of Marine Species ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Leptonychotes
ⓘ
Lobodon ⓘ Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) ⓘ
surface form:
Ommatophoca
|
| subfamily | Monachinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Lobodontini ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hydrurga Description of subject: Hydrurga is a monotypic genus of large Antarctic seals best known for its sole species, the predatory leopard seal.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hydrurga leptonyx
this entity surface form:
Hydrurga leptonyx
this entity surface form:
Hydrurga leptonyx