Afrotheria
E193061
Afrotheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, and several other groups thought to share a common African evolutionary origin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afrotheria canonical | 7 |
| Afrotheres | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742302 — 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: Afrotheria Context triple: [Eutheria, contains, Afrotheria]
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A.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
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B.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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C.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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D.
Whippomorpha
Whippomorpha is a mammalian clade that includes whales, dolphins, and hippopotamuses, uniting these seemingly disparate animals based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Hominoidea
Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
- 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: Afrotheria Target entity description: Afrotheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, and several other groups thought to share a common African evolutionary origin.
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A.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes diverse groups such as hoofed mammals, carnivores, bats, and shrews, thought to have originated on the ancient supercontinent Laurasia.
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B.
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is a parvorder of primates that includes Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by downward-facing nostrils and generally larger body sizes.
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C.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.
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D.
Whippomorpha
Whippomorpha is a mammalian clade that includes whales, dolphins, and hippopotamuses, uniting these seemingly disparate animals based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Hominoidea
Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
mammal clade ⓘ placental mammal clade ⓘ superorder of mammals ⓘ |
| basedOn | molecular phylogenetic evidence ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Afrotheria
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Afrotheres
|
| contrastsWith |
Euarchontoglires
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Laurasiatheria ⓘ Xenarthra ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | Africa ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
African evolutionary origin
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diverse body plans ⓘ includes aquatic species ⓘ includes arboreal species ⓘ includes fossorial species ⓘ includes terrestrial species ⓘ molecularly defined clade ⓘ |
| hasDistribution | primarily Africa ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Afrosoricida
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Hyracoidea ⓘ Macroscelidea ⓘ Proboscidea ⓘ Sirenia ⓘ Tubulidentata ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Chrysochloris spp.
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Elephantulus spp. ⓘ African bush elephant ⓘ
surface form:
Loxodonta africana
Orycteropus afer ⓘ Procavia capensis ⓘ Trichechus manatus ⓘ |
| hasSynapomorphy | shared genetic markers ⓘ |
| hasTemporalOrigin |
Cretaceous
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surface form:
Cretaceous period
|
| includes |
aardvarks
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dugongs ⓘ elephant shrews ⓘ elephants ⓘ golden moles ⓘ hyraxes ⓘ manatees ⓘ tenrecs ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| partOf | Boreoeutheria ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern mammalian taxonomy ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
clade
ⓘ
superorder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Afrotheria Description of subject: Afrotheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, and several other groups thought to share a common African evolutionary origin.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Afrotheres