Sundasciurus
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Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sundasciurus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8632011 — 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: Sundasciurus Context triple: [Sciurini, includesTaxon, Sundasciurus]
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A.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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B.
Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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C.
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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E.
Anomalurus
Anomalurus is a genus of African rodents known as scaly-tailed flying squirrels, distinguished by their gliding membranes and unique keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
- 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: Sundasciurus Target entity description: Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
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A.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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B.
Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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C.
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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E.
Anomalurus
Anomalurus is a genus of African rodents known as scaly-tailed flying squirrels, distinguished by their gliding membranes and unique keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Sunda tree squirrels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Sundasciurus brookei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sundasciurus davensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus everetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus fraterculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus hippurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus hoogstraali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus jentinki NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus juvencus ⓘ Sundasciurus lowii NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus mindanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus mindorensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus moellendorffi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus natunensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus philippinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus rabori NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus robinsoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus rufoventris ⓘ Sundasciurus samarensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus steerii NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus tahan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundasciurus tenuis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
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insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | arboreal ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
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Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Southeast Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunda region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forested habitats
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subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasFurColor |
generally brown or gray dorsal fur
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often lighter ventral fur ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | diurnal ⓘ |
| locomotion | tree-climbing ⓘ |
| notableTrait | high species diversity in the Sunda region ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous mammal ⓘ |
| subfamily | Callosciurinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sundasciurus Description of subject: Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.