Rusa timorensis
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Rusa timorensis, commonly known as the Javan rusa or Timor deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to Indonesia and nearby regions, recognized for its coarse brown coat and three-tined antlers in males.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rusa timorensis canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298127 — 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: Rusa timorensis Context triple: [Cervidae, includesSpecies, Rusa timorensis]
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A.
Rusa unicolor
Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
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B.
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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C.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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D.
Toxostoma rufum
Toxostoma rufum, commonly known as the brown thrasher, is a North American songbird recognized for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage.
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E.
Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis, commonly known as the steppe eagle, is a large migratory bird of prey found across Eurasian steppes and parts of Africa, recognized for its powerful build and long-distance movements.
- 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: Rusa timorensis Target entity description: Rusa timorensis, commonly known as the Javan rusa or Timor deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to Indonesia and nearby regions, recognized for its coarse brown coat and three-tined antlers in males.
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A.
Rusa unicolor
Rusa unicolor, commonly known as the sambar deer, is a large, dark-coated deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.
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B.
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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C.
Osphranter rufus
Osphranter rufus is the red kangaroo, the largest living marsupial native to Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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D.
Toxostoma rufum
Toxostoma rufum, commonly known as the brown thrasher, is a North American songbird recognized for its rich, varied vocalizations and striking rufous-brown plumage.
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E.
Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis, commonly known as the steppe eagle, is a large migratory bird of prey found across Eurasian steppes and parts of Africa, recognized for its powerful build and long-distance movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
species of deer ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly nocturnal ⓘ |
| antlerType | three-tined antlers in males ⓘ |
| authority | (de Blainville, 1822) ⓘ |
| binomialName | Rusa timorensis self-link ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized deer ⓘ |
| breeding | kept on deer farms in some regions ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | coarse brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
Javan rusa
ⓘ
Timor deer ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| diet |
grasses
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ leaves ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| distribution | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
grazer
ⓘ
prey species for large carnivores ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville ⓘ |
| genus | Rusa ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific islands
Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bali
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ Timor ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| reproductivePattern | usually one fawn per birth ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms small groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
overhunting ⓘ |
| usedFor |
meat
ⓘ
sport hunting ⓘ |
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: Rusa timorensis Description of subject: Rusa timorensis, commonly known as the Javan rusa or Timor deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to Indonesia and nearby regions, recognized for its coarse brown coat and three-tined antlers in males.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.