Petaurista magnificus
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Petaurista magnificus, commonly known as the Bhutan giant flying squirrel, is a large, nocturnal, gliding rodent native to the forests of the eastern Himalayas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petaurista magnificus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9073108 — 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: Petaurista magnificus Context triple: [Petaurista, includesSpecies, Petaurista magnificus]
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A.
Petaurista nobilis
Petaurista nobilis is a large species of flying squirrel native to parts of Asia, known for its gliding ability and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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B.
Petaurista xanthotis
Petaurista xanthotis is a species of large flying squirrel known for its gliding ability and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Petaurista alborufus
Petaurista alborufus is a large, nocturnal flying squirrel species native to East Asia, known for its gliding membrane and striking reddish-white fur.
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D.
Petaurista caniceps
Petaurista caniceps is a species of large, nocturnal flying squirrel known for its gliding membrane and arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
- 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: Petaurista magnificus Target entity description: Petaurista magnificus, commonly known as the Bhutan giant flying squirrel, is a large, nocturnal, gliding rodent native to the forests of the eastern Himalayas.
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A.
Petaurista nobilis
Petaurista nobilis is a large species of flying squirrel native to parts of Asia, known for its gliding ability and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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B.
Petaurista xanthotis
Petaurista xanthotis is a species of large flying squirrel known for its gliding ability and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Petaurista alborufus
Petaurista alborufus is a large, nocturnal flying squirrel species native to East Asia, known for its gliding membrane and striking reddish-white fur.
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D.
Petaurista caniceps
Petaurista caniceps is a species of large, nocturnal flying squirrel known for its gliding membrane and arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flying squirrel
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ species of rodent ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Sciurinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTribe | Pteromyini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | large for a squirrel ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Bhutan giant flying squirrel
ⓘ
giant Bhutan flying squirrel ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Edward Blyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
bark
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInRegion |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Petaurista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane forests
ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ temperate broadleaf forests ⓘ |
| hasFur | true ⓘ |
| hasStructure | patagium ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| hasTail | bushy tail ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| isEndothermic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| locomotion | gliding ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Himalayas ⓘ northeastern India ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| timeOfActivity | night ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1847 ⓘ |
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: Petaurista magnificus Description of subject: Petaurista magnificus, commonly known as the Bhutan giant flying squirrel, is a large, nocturnal, gliding rodent native to the forests of the eastern Himalayas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.