Crocodylus raninus
E482817
Crocodylus raninus is a species of crocodile native to Borneo, sometimes referred to as the Borneo crocodile and historically confused with the saltwater crocodile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crocodylus raninus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4570352 — 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: Crocodylus raninus Context triple: [Crocodylus, hasSpecies, Crocodylus raninus]
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A.
Crocodylus
Crocodylus is a genus of large, semiaquatic reptiles commonly known as true crocodiles, found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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B.
Orinoco crocodile
The Orinoco crocodile is a critically endangered, large freshwater crocodilian native to the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela, known for its long, narrow snout and historically extensive range.
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C.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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D.
mugger crocodile
The mugger crocodile is a medium-sized, broad-snouted crocodilian native to freshwater habitats across the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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E.
Cuban crocodile
The Cuban crocodile is a small, highly aggressive and critically endangered crocodile species native to Cuba, known for its terrestrial habits and distinctive bright coloration.
- 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: Crocodylus raninus Target entity description: Crocodylus raninus is a species of crocodile native to Borneo, sometimes referred to as the Borneo crocodile and historically confused with the saltwater crocodile.
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A.
Crocodylus
Crocodylus is a genus of large, semiaquatic reptiles commonly known as true crocodiles, found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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B.
Orinoco crocodile
The Orinoco crocodile is a critically endangered, large freshwater crocodilian native to the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela, known for its long, narrow snout and historically extensive range.
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C.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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D.
mugger crocodile
The mugger crocodile is a medium-sized, broad-snouted crocodilian native to freshwater habitats across the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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E.
Cuban crocodile
The Cuban crocodile is a small, highly aggressive and critically endangered crocodile species native to Cuba, known for its terrestrial habits and distinctive bright coloration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crocodile species
ⓘ
reptile ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| belongsToSubphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Borneo crocodile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Hermann Schlegel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salomon Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Crocodylidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Brunei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Crocodylus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater rivers
ⓘ
swamps ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Bornean crocodile ⓘ |
| hasAuthority | Müller & Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBinomialName | Crocodylus raninus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | scales ⓘ |
| hasColdBloodedMetabolism | true ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | poorly known status ⓘ |
| hasFourChamberedHeart | true ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRange | island of Borneo ⓘ |
| hasJawType | powerful jaws ⓘ |
| hasScientificName | Crocodylus raninus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTail | muscular tail ⓘ |
| hasTeeth | conical teeth ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| historicallyConfusedWith |
Crocodylus porosus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
saltwater crocodile ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livesInBiome |
tropical freshwater ecosystems
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Crocodylia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
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: Crocodylus raninus Description of subject: Crocodylus raninus is a species of crocodile native to Borneo, sometimes referred to as the Borneo crocodile and historically confused with the saltwater crocodile.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.