Cercopithecidae
E234904
Cercopithecidae is the family of Old World monkeys, a diverse group of primates native to Africa and Asia that includes baboons, macaques, and colobus monkeys.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cercopithecidae canonical | 17 |
| Old World monkeys | 2 |
| Cercopithecoidea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2095427 — 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: Cercopithecidae Context triple: [Primates, includesTaxon, Cercopithecidae]
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A.
Hominoidea
Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
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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D.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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E.
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.
- 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: Cercopithecidae Target entity description: Cercopithecidae is the family of Old World monkeys, a diverse group of primates native to Africa and Asia that includes baboons, macaques, and colobus monkeys.
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A.
Hominoidea
Hominoidea is the biological superfamily of tailless primates that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and their extinct relatives.
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B.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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C.
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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D.
Primates
Primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, characterized by large brains, forward-facing eyes, and grasping hands.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
primate family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hominidae
ⓘ
Hylobatidae ⓘ |
| commonName |
Cercopithecidae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old World monkeys
|
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
North Africa
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
surface form:
sub-Saharan Africa
|
| habitat |
mountain regions
ⓘ
savannas ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bilophodont molars
ⓘ
ischial callosities ⓘ narrow, downward-facing nostrils ⓘ non-prehensile tail ⓘ |
| hasNotableGenus |
Chlorocebus
ⓘ
Colobus ⓘ Macaca ⓘ Papio ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Cercopithecoidea ⓘ |
| includes |
baboons
ⓘ
colobus monkeys ⓘ geladas ⓘ guenons ⓘ langurs ⓘ macaques ⓘ mandrills ⓘ proboscis monkeys ⓘ vervet monkeys ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parvorder | Catarrhini ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | live birth ⓘ |
| socialStructure | group-living ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Cercopithecinae
ⓘ
Colobinae ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| uses | model organisms in biomedical research ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Cercopithecidae Description of subject: Cercopithecidae is the family of Old World monkeys, a diverse group of primates native to Africa and Asia that includes baboons, macaques, and colobus monkeys.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas's leaf monkey
this entity surface form:
Cercopithecoidea
this entity surface form:
Old World monkeys
this entity surface form:
Old World monkeys