treeshrews
E728064
Treeshrews are small, squirrel-like mammals native to Southeast Asia, known for their high activity levels and for being closely related to primates despite their name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| treeshrews canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365852 — 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: treeshrews Context triple: [Scandentia, describedAs, treeshrews]
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A.
Nicobar tree shrew
The Nicobar tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like mammal endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its agile arboreal lifestyle and importance to the islands’ unique biodiversity.
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B.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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C.
Rhinosciurus
Rhinosciurus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels known as shrew-faced squirrels, native to Southeast Asian forests.
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D.
Flying Squirrels
Flying Squirrels is the nickname of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a Minor League Baseball team based in Richmond, Virginia.
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E.
Pteromys
Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
- 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: treeshrews Target entity description: Treeshrews are small, squirrel-like mammals native to Southeast Asia, known for their high activity levels and for being closely related to primates despite their name.
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A.
Nicobar tree shrew
The Nicobar tree shrew is a small, squirrel-like mammal endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its agile arboreal lifestyle and importance to the islands’ unique biodiversity.
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B.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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C.
Rhinosciurus
Rhinosciurus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels known as shrew-faced squirrels, native to Southeast Asian forests.
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D.
Flying Squirrels
Flying Squirrels is the nickname of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a Minor League Baseball team based in Richmond, Virginia.
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E.
Pteromys
Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
order Scandentia ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 10–23 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | 0.05–0.35 kilograms ⓘ |
| clade | Euarchonta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
colugos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
primates ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
fruit
ⓘ
insects ⓘ nectar ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 45–50 days ⓘ |
| has |
elongated snout
ⓘ
large eyes ⓘ sharp claws ⓘ |
| hasBrainToBodyRatio | relatively high ⓘ |
| hasHigh |
activity level
ⓘ
metabolic rate ⓘ |
| isNot |
rodent
ⓘ
true shrew ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to 12 years ⓘ |
| litterSize | 1–3 young ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| numberOfFamilies | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpecies | about 20 ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | placental ⓘ |
| resembles | squirrel ⓘ |
| scientificNameOfOrder | Scandentia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
monogamous pairs
ⓘ
solitary ⓘ |
| superorder | Euarchontoglires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailLength | 8–20 centimeters ⓘ |
| wasFormerlyClassifiedAs | insectivore ⓘ |
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: treeshrews Description of subject: Treeshrews are small, squirrel-like mammals native to Southeast Asia, known for their high activity levels and for being closely related to primates despite their name.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.