white-tailed mongoose
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The white-tailed mongoose is a nocturnal African carnivore known for its distinctive bushy white tail and habit of hunting small animals and insects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| white-tailed mongoose canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7764275 — 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: white-tailed mongoose Context triple: [Herpestidae, includes, white-tailed mongoose]
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A.
Indian grey mongoose
The Indian grey mongoose is a small, agile carnivorous mammal native to the Indian subcontinent, best known for its ability to hunt venomous snakes.
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B.
Malabar civet
The Malabar civet is a critically endangered, nocturnal small carnivore endemic to India and known for its elusive behavior and highly restricted range in the Western Ghats region.
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C.
African civet
The African civet is a nocturnal, omnivorous mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive black-and-white markings and for producing civetone, historically used in the perfume industry.
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D.
Proteles cristata
Proteles cristata, commonly known as the aardwolf, is a small, insectivorous mammal native to eastern and southern Africa and the most specialized termite-feeding member of the hyena family.
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E.
Helogale parvula
Helogale parvula, commonly known as the common dwarf mongoose, is the smallest African carnivore, a highly social and insectivorous mongoose species found in savanna and woodland habitats.
- 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: white-tailed mongoose Target entity description: The white-tailed mongoose is a nocturnal African carnivore known for its distinctive bushy white tail and habit of hunting small animals and insects.
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A.
Indian grey mongoose
The Indian grey mongoose is a small, agile carnivorous mammal native to the Indian subcontinent, best known for its ability to hunt venomous snakes.
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B.
Malabar civet
The Malabar civet is a critically endangered, nocturnal small carnivore endemic to India and known for its elusive behavior and highly restricted range in the Western Ghats region.
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C.
African civet
The African civet is a nocturnal, omnivorous mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive black-and-white markings and for producing civetone, historically used in the perfume industry.
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D.
Proteles cristata
Proteles cristata, commonly known as the aardwolf, is a small, insectivorous mammal native to eastern and southern Africa and the most specialized termite-feeding member of the hyena family.
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E.
Helogale parvula
Helogale parvula, commonly known as the common dwarf mongoose, is the smallest African carnivore, a highly social and insectivorous mongoose species found in savanna and woodland habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivoran
ⓘ
mongoose ⓘ species of mammal ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| authority | G. Cuvier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | 53–62 cm ⓘ |
| averageTailLength | 40–47 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 2.5–4.2 kg ⓘ |
| binomialName | Ichneumia albicauda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | grizzled grey ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1829 ⓘ |
| diet |
amphibians
ⓘ
birds ⓘ eggs ⓘ fruit ⓘ insects ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Herpestidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | ground forager ⓘ |
| genus | Ichneumia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 60 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
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savanna ⓘ scrubland ⓘ woodland ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSize | 1–3 young ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Africa
NERFINISHED
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Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bushy white tail
ⓘ
elongated body ⓘ short legs ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth in burrows or dens ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | well-developed sense of smell ⓘ |
| socialStructure | mostly solitary ⓘ |
| tailColor | white ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
road mortality ⓘ |
| usesShelterOf |
abandoned burrows
ⓘ
termite mounds ⓘ |
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: white-tailed mongoose Description of subject: The white-tailed mongoose is a nocturnal African carnivore known for its distinctive bushy white tail and habit of hunting small animals and insects.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.