Phalangeridae
E153553
Phalangeridae is a family of Australasian marsupials that includes possums and cuscuses, known for their arboreal lifestyles and often prehensile tails.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phalangeridae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297400 — 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: Phalangeridae Context triple: [Diprotodontia, includesFamily, Phalangeridae]
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A.
Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes possums and cuscuses, primarily native to Australasia and known for their arboreal lifestyles.
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B.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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C.
Vombatiformes
Vombatiformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes wombats and the koala, characterized by stout bodies and herbivorous diets.
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D.
Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, and their close relatives, characterized by powerful hind legs adapted for hopping.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- 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: Phalangeridae Target entity description: Phalangeridae is a family of Australasian marsupials that includes possums and cuscuses, known for their arboreal lifestyles and often prehensile tails.
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A.
Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes possums and cuscuses, primarily native to Australasia and known for their arboreal lifestyles.
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B.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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C.
Vombatiformes
Vombatiformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes wombats and the koala, characterized by stout bodies and herbivorous diets.
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D.
Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, and their close relatives, characterized by powerful hind legs adapted for hopping.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Australidelphia
ⓘ
Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arboreal lifestyle
ⓘ
marsupial reproduction with pouch ⓘ nocturnal activity ⓘ often prehensile tail ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
brushtail possums and cuscuses
ⓘ
phalangers ⓘ |
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Australasian realm ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
folivores
ⓘ
seed dispersers ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | fur ⓘ |
| hasDentalFormulaFeature | diprotodont lower incisors ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpeciesGenus | Phalanger orientalis (via genus Phalanger) ⓘ |
| includes |
cuscuses
ⓘ
possums ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Ailurops
ⓘ
Phalanger ⓘ Spilocuscus ⓘ Strigocuscus ⓘ Trichosurus ⓘ Wyulda ⓘ |
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbAdaptation | grasping feet with opposable first toe ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal quadrupedalism
ⓘ
climbing ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australasian realm
ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
Australia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ eastern Indonesia ⓘ nearby Pacific islands ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern mammalogy and taxonomy ⓘ |
| reproduction |
gives birth to underdeveloped young
ⓘ
young develop in pouch ⓘ |
| shelter |
foliage nests
ⓘ
tree hollows ⓘ |
| suborder | Phalangeriformes ⓘ |
| tailFunction | grasping branches ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Phalangeridae Description of subject: Phalangeridae is a family of Australasian marsupials that includes possums and cuscuses, known for their arboreal lifestyles and often prehensile tails.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.