Hyracoidea
E193065
Hyracoidea is an order of small, herbivorous, rodent-like mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and closely related to elephants and manatees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hyracoidea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742315 — 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: Hyracoidea Context triple: [Eutheria, includes, Hyracoidea]
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A.
Eupleridae
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorous mammals endemic to Madagascar, including animals such as the fossa and Malagasy mongooses, that evolved from a common ancestor related to other carnivorans.
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B.
Feliformia
Feliformia is a suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes cats, hyenas, mongooses, and related species characterized by specialized skull and dental features.
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C.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
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D.
Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae is a family of carnivorous mammals known for hyenas and aardwolves, characterized by powerful jaws, scavenging habits, and social clan structures.
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E.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
- 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: Hyracoidea Target entity description: Hyracoidea is an order of small, herbivorous, rodent-like mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and closely related to elephants and manatees.
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A.
Eupleridae
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorous mammals endemic to Madagascar, including animals such as the fossa and Malagasy mongooses, that evolved from a common ancestor related to other carnivorans.
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B.
Feliformia
Feliformia is a suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes cats, hyenas, mongooses, and related species characterized by specialized skull and dental features.
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C.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
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D.
Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae is a family of carnivorous mammals known for hyenas and aardwolves, characterized by powerful jaws, scavenging habits, and social clan structures.
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E.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal order
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Paenungulata ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
elephants
ⓘ
manatees ⓘ |
| commonName | hyraxes ⓘ |
| describedAs |
herbivorous mammals
ⓘ
rodent-like mammals ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFromRodentsBy |
different tooth replacement pattern
ⓘ
membership in Afrotheria ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
bark
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| hasBodyTemperatureRegulation | imperfect homeothermy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
plantigrade feet
ⓘ
rodent-like appearance ⓘ rounded ears ⓘ rubbery foot pads ⓘ short legs ⓘ small body size ⓘ specialized foot glands for traction ⓘ |
| hasRepresentative |
Procavia capensis
ⓘ
Procaviidae ⓘ |
| hasTeethType |
ever-growing incisors
ⓘ
lophodont cheek teeth ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
rock-climbing
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
incisors resembling rodent incisors
ⓘ
specialized pads on feet for climbing ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Proboscidea
ⓘ
Sirenia ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| superorder | Afrotheria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
cliffs
ⓘ
rocky outcrops ⓘ savannas ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
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: Hyracoidea Description of subject: Hyracoidea is an order of small, herbivorous, rodent-like mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and closely related to elephants and manatees.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.