Thylacinus cynocephalus
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Thylacinus cynocephalus, commonly known as the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, was a large carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea that is believed to have gone extinct in the 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tasmanian tiger | 2 |
| thylacine | 2 |
| Thylacinus cynocephalus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7260760 — 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: Thylacinus cynocephalus Context triple: [Dasyuromorphia, notableSpecies, Thylacinus cynocephalus]
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A.
Thylacinidae
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous marsupials best known for the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, once native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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B.
Dasyurus
Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
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D.
Macropus
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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E.
Thylacomyidae
Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
- 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: Thylacinus cynocephalus Target entity description: Thylacinus cynocephalus, commonly known as the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, was a large carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea that is believed to have gone extinct in the 20th century.
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A.
Thylacinidae
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous marsupials best known for the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, once native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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B.
Dasyurus
Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
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D.
Macropus
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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E.
Thylacomyidae
Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivorous marsupial
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extinct animal ⓘ marsupial ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
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nocturnal ⓘ |
| averageHeadBodyLength | about 100 to 130 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | about 15 to 30 kg ⓘ |
| binomialName | Thylacinus cynocephalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | dog-like ⓘ |
| causeOfDecline |
competition with introduced dogs
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disease (suspected) ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ intensive hunting and bounties ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | sandy brown to yellowish-brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
Tasmanian tiger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tasmanian wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ thylacine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Extinct ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic species of Tasmania ⓘ |
| depictedOn |
Australian postage stamps
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Tasmanian coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedYear | 1824 ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
dark transverse stripes on lower back and tail
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stiff tail ⓘ |
| extinctionCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| family | Thylacinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Thylacinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationType | short gestation followed by pouch development ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ continental Australia ⓘ |
| huntingStrategy | ambush predator ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | EX ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lastCaptiveIndividualDiedYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| lastCaptiveIndividualLocation | Hobart Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastKnownWildSightingYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| litterSize | up to 4 young ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New Guinea
NERFINISHED
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Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ mainland Australia ⓘ |
| order | Dasyuromorphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| pouchLocation | abdominal ⓘ |
| pouchOrientation | opens to the rear ⓘ |
| primaryPrey |
birds
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reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ wallabies ⓘ |
| reproduction | marsupial with pouch ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | described by Temminck ⓘ |
| socialStructure | primarily solitary ⓘ |
| tailLength | about 50 to 65 cm ⓘ |
| 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: Thylacinus cynocephalus Description of subject: Thylacinus cynocephalus, commonly known as the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, was a large carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea that is believed to have gone extinct in the 20th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
thylacine
this entity surface form:
Tasmanian tiger
this entity surface form:
thylacine
this entity surface form:
Tasmanian tiger