Berdmore’s ground squirrel
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Berdmore’s ground squirrel is a small, diurnal rodent native to Southeast Asian forests and open woodlands, known for its burrowing habits and striped appearance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berdmore’s ground squirrel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9072824 — 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: Berdmore’s ground squirrel Context triple: [Menetes berdmorei, commonName, Berdmore’s ground squirrel]
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A.
Hose’s ground squirrel
Hose’s ground squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of the genus Lariscus that is endemic to the forests of Borneo.
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B.
Franklin’s ground squirrel
Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
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C.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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D.
golden-mantled ground squirrel
The golden-mantled ground squirrel is a small North American rodent resembling a chipmunk, known for its striped back, golden-tinged shoulders, and burrowing, seed- and nut-eating habits in forested and mountainous areas.
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E.
Niobe ground squirrel
The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a small, terrestrial squirrel species in the family Sciuridae, native to forested regions of Southeast 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: Berdmore’s ground squirrel Target entity description: Berdmore’s ground squirrel is a small, diurnal rodent native to Southeast Asian forests and open woodlands, known for its burrowing habits and striped appearance.
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A.
Hose’s ground squirrel
Hose’s ground squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of the genus Lariscus that is endemic to the forests of Borneo.
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B.
Franklin’s ground squirrel
Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
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C.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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D.
golden-mantled ground squirrel
The golden-mantled ground squirrel is a small North American rodent resembling a chipmunk, known for its striped back, golden-tinged shoulders, and burrowing, seed- and nut-eating habits in forested and mountainous areas.
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E.
Niobe ground squirrel
The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a small, terrestrial squirrel species in the family Sciuridae, native to forested regions of Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground squirrel
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rodent ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior | burrowing ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| climatePreference | tropical ⓘ |
| commonName | Berdmore’s ground squirrel ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ nuts ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Indochina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for small carnivores
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Edward Blyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn | 1849 ⓘ |
| genus | Menetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ plantations ⓘ secondary growth ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| morphology |
small body size
ⓘ
striped dorsal pattern ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Berdmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | multiple litters per year ⓘ |
| scientificName | Menetes berdmorei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | primarily solitary ⓘ |
| tail | bushy tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Berdmore’s ground squirrel Description of subject: Berdmore’s ground squirrel is a small, diurnal rodent native to Southeast Asian forests and open woodlands, known for its burrowing habits and striped appearance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Menetes berdmorei