Rodentia
E38903
Rodentia is the largest order of mammals, comprising rodents such as mice, rats, squirrels, and beavers, characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each jaw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rodentia canonical | 184 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298344 — 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: Rodentia Context triple: [Xerospermophilus, order, Rodentia]
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A.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
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B.
Eutheria
Eutheria is a major clade of mammals that includes all placental mammals and their extinct relatives, characterized by prolonged gestation and complex placental development.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Diprotodontia
Diprotodontia is a large order of marsupial mammals, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and wombats, primarily native to Australia and nearby regions.
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E.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
- 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: Rodentia Target entity description: Rodentia is the largest order of mammals, comprising rodents such as mice, rats, squirrels, and beavers, characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each jaw.
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A.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
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B.
Eutheria
Eutheria is a major clade of mammals that includes all placental mammals and their extinct relatives, characterized by prolonged gestation and complex placental development.
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C.
Carnivora
Carnivora is a diverse order of primarily meat-eating mammals that includes families such as bears, cats, dogs, weasels, and seals.
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D.
Diprotodontia
Diprotodontia is a large order of marsupial mammals, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and wombats, primarily native to Australia and nearby regions.
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E.
Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is a large order of even-toed hoofed mammals that includes animals such as deer, cattle, pigs, and camels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | order of mammals ⓘ |
| characteristic |
diastema between incisors and cheek teeth
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incisors with enamel only on the front surface ⓘ lack of canine teeth ⓘ obligate gnawing behavior ⓘ single pair of continuously growing incisors in each jaw ⓘ |
| clade | Glires ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | rodents ⓘ |
| diet |
herbivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
ecosystem engineers
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prey for many predators ⓘ seed dispersers ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
agricultural pests
ⓘ
disease reservoirs ⓘ laboratory model organisms ⓘ sources of fur ⓘ |
| evolutionaryDiversification | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | Paleocene origin ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Africa
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Antarctica (introduced, limited human-associated presence) ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal
ⓘ
fossorial ⓘ semi-aquatic ⓘ terrestrial ⓘ |
| hasSuborder |
Anomaluromorpha
ⓘ
Castorimorpha ⓘ Hystricognathi ⓘ Hystricognathi ⓘ
surface form:
Hystricomorpha
Myomorpha ⓘ Sciurognathi ⓘ Sciuromorpha ⓘ |
| includes |
agoutis
ⓘ
beavers ⓘ capybaras ⓘ chinchillas ⓘ degus ⓘ dormice ⓘ gerbils ⓘ gophers ⓘ guinea pigs ⓘ hamsters ⓘ jerboas ⓘ lemmings ⓘ mice ⓘ nutria ⓘ porcupines ⓘ prairie dogs ⓘ rats ⓘ squirrels ⓘ voles ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| isLargestOrderOf | Mammalia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableModelOrganism |
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
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house mouse (Mus musculus) ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern biological taxonomy ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| superorder | Euarchontoglires ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
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: Rodentia Description of subject: Rodentia is the largest order of mammals, comprising rodents such as mice, rats, squirrels, and beavers, characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each jaw.
Referenced by (184)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mus musculus
subject surface form:
Poliocitellus franklinii
subject surface form:
Norway rat