Rattus
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Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rattus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8519661 — 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: Rattus Context triple: [Rattus norvegicus, genus, Rattus]
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a widely distributed, medium-sized rodent that serves as a major biomedical model organism and a common commensal pest species associated with human environments.
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D.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
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E.
Rato
Rato is the central protagonist of the story "Trash," around whom the narrative and its events primarily revolve.
- 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: Rattus Target entity description: Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a widely distributed, medium-sized rodent that serves as a major biomedical model organism and a common commensal pest species associated with human environments.
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D.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
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E.
Rato
Rato is the central protagonist of the story "Trash," around whom the narrative and its events primarily revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | human habitats ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | rats ⓘ |
| describedAs | a genus of rodents ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Muridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | commensal with humans ⓘ |
| hasUse | laboratory animal (especially Rattus norvegicus) ⓘ |
| impact |
agricultural pest
ⓘ
vector of diseases ⓘ |
| includes |
Rattus andamanensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rattus argentiventer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus baluensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus burrus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus colletti NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus everetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus everetti group species ⓘ Rattus exulans NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus fuscipes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus hainaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus hoffmanni NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus korinchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus leucopus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus losea NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus loseaoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus lugens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus lutreolus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus mindorensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus mordax NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus nikenii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus niobe NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus nitidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus norvegicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus osgoodi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus pelurus ⓘ Rattus pococki NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus praetor ⓘ Rattus pyctoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus ranjiniae NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus rattus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus richardsoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus satarae NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus simalurensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus sordidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus steini NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus stoicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus tanezumi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus tawitawiensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus tiomanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus tunneyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus vandeuseni NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus verecundus ⓘ Rattus villosissimus ⓘ Rattus xanthurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ many oceanic islands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Latin word "rattus" for rat ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Australasia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Murinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Rattus Description of subject: Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rattus norvegicus