Daubentoniidae
E815512
Daubentoniidae is a family of unusual nocturnal primates best known for the aye-aye, a lemur-like species with specialized teeth and an elongated middle finger used for foraging.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daubentoniidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9706365 — 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: Daubentoniidae Context triple: [Lemuriformes, includesTaxon, Daubentoniidae]
-
A.
Rhynochetidae
Rhynochetidae is a small bird family best known for the kagu, a rare, ground-dwelling, flight-limited bird endemic to the forests of New Caledonia.
-
B.
Geomyidae
Geomyidae is a family of burrowing rodents commonly known as pocket gophers, characterized by their fur-lined cheek pouches and extensive underground tunnel systems.
-
C.
Octodontidae
Octodontidae is a family of South American hystricognath rodents that includes species such as degus, known for their burrowing habits and social behavior.
-
D.
Notoryctemorphia
Notoryctemorphia is an order of highly specialized, burrowing marsupials known as marsupial moles, adapted to a subterranean lifestyle in arid regions of Australia.
-
E.
Pilosa
Pilosa is an order of placental mammals that includes sloths and anteaters, characterized by specialized limbs and diets adapted for arboreal living and insectivory.
- 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: Daubentoniidae Target entity description: Daubentoniidae is a family of unusual nocturnal primates best known for the aye-aye, a lemur-like species with specialized teeth and an elongated middle finger used for foraging.
-
A.
Rhynochetidae
Rhynochetidae is a small bird family best known for the kagu, a rare, ground-dwelling, flight-limited bird endemic to the forests of New Caledonia.
-
B.
Geomyidae
Geomyidae is a family of burrowing rodents commonly known as pocket gophers, characterized by their fur-lined cheek pouches and extensive underground tunnel systems.
-
C.
Octodontidae
Octodontidae is a family of South American hystricognath rodents that includes species such as degus, known for their burrowing habits and social behavior.
-
D.
Notoryctemorphia
Notoryctemorphia is an order of highly specialized, burrowing marsupials known as marsupial moles, adapted to a subterranean lifestyle in arid regions of Australia.
-
E.
Pilosa
Pilosa is an order of placental mammals that includes sloths and anteaters, characterized by specialized limbs and diets adapted for arboreal living and insectivory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | primate family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| characteristic |
bushy tail
ⓘ
elongated third finger ⓘ large ears ⓘ rodent-like ever-growing incisors ⓘ specialized dentition for gnawing wood ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | aye-aye family ⓘ |
| conservationStatusOfFamily | threatened ⓘ |
| containsGenus | Daubentonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Daubentonia madagascariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Cheirogaleidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indriidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Lemuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ Lepilemuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
seed predator ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fingerFunction |
extracts insect larvae from wood
ⓘ
manipulates small food items ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | percussive foraging ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeOfOrigin | Cenozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
deciduous forest
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
quadrupedal climbing ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to single offspring ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation |
good night vision
ⓘ
well-developed hearing ⓘ |
| socialStructure | solitary or loosely social ⓘ |
| suborder | Strepsirrhini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superfamily | Lemuroidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting by humans ⓘ |
| uses |
gnaws through wood to access food
ⓘ
taps wood to locate insect larvae ⓘ |
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: Daubentoniidae Description of subject: Daubentoniidae is a family of unusual nocturnal primates best known for the aye-aye, a lemur-like species with specialized teeth and an elongated middle finger used for foraging.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.