Cystophora

E660846

genus seal species taxon

Cystophora is a genus of large Arctic seals best known for the hooded seal, whose males have an inflatable nasal sac used in displays and vocalizations.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cystophora canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ seal ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ
anatomicalFeature	inflatable nasal sac ⓘ
belongsToGenus	Cystophora NERFINISHED ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ Mammalia ⓘ
commonName	hooded seal NERFINISHED ⓘ hooded seals ⓘ
containsTaxon	Cystophora cristata NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	a genus of large Arctic seals ⓘ a large Arctic seal ⓘ
diet	cephalopods ⓘ crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ
domain	Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota
family	Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ open ocean ⓘ pack ice ⓘ
hasNotableSpecies	hooded seal NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ Animalia ⓘ
memberOf	Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Arctic region NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Carnivora ⓘ Carnivora ⓘ
parentTaxon	Cystophora NERFINISHED ⓘ Phocidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	gives birth on pack ice ⓘ
sexuallyDimorphicTrait	inflatable nasal sac in males ⓘ
subfamily	Phocinae NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ species ⓘ
typeSpecies	Cystophora cristata NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesNasalSacFor	displays ⓘ vocalizations ⓘ

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: Cystophora
Description of subject: Cystophora is a genus of large Arctic seals best known for the hooded seal, whose males have an inflatable nasal sac used in displays and vocalizations.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phocidae → containsTaxon → Cystophora ⓘ