Eulipotyphla
E193064
Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eulipotyphla canonical | 12 |
| Insectivora | 8 |
| Erinaceidae | 1 |
| Soricomorpha | 1 |
| Talpidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742314 — 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: Eulipotyphla Context triple: [Eutheria, includes, Eulipotyphla]
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A.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
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B.
Sciuromorpha
Sciuromorpha is a rodent suborder that primarily includes squirrels and their close relatives, characterized by specialized jaw and skull adaptations for gnawing.
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C.
Rodentia
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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D.
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals best known for skunks and their close relatives, characterized by their ability to spray a strong-smelling defensive secretion.
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E.
Mustelidae
Mustelidae is a diverse family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, ferrets, and wolverines, known for their elongated bodies and often fierce hunting behavior.
- 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: Eulipotyphla Target entity description: Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
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A.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
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B.
Sciuromorpha
Sciuromorpha is a rodent suborder that primarily includes squirrels and their close relatives, characterized by specialized jaw and skull adaptations for gnawing.
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C.
Rodentia
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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D.
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals best known for skunks and their close relatives, characterized by their ability to spray a strong-smelling defensive secretion.
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E.
Mustelidae
Mustelidae is a diverse family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, ferrets, and wolverines, known for their elongated bodies and often fierce hunting behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of mammals
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| characteristic |
high metabolic rate
ⓘ
pointed snout ⓘ primarily nocturnal ⓘ sharp teeth ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | eulipotyphlans ⓘ |
| containsExtinctTaxa | true ⓘ |
| containsLivingTaxa | true ⓘ |
| describedAs | order of small insectivorous mammals ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
absent from Antarctica
ⓘ
absent from Australia ⓘ worldwide except polar regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
soil aeration via burrowing ⓘ |
| habitat |
fossorial
ⓘ
semi-aquatic ⓘ terrestrial ⓘ |
| historicalClassification |
Insectivora
ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipotyphla
|
| includes |
desmans
ⓘ
gymnures ⓘ hedgehogs ⓘ moles ⓘ shrews ⓘ solenodons ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Erinaceidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipotyphla
Nesophontidae ⓘ Solenodontidae ⓘ Soricidae ⓘ Talpidae ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipotyphla
|
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| monophyletic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Mammalia taxonomy ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern mammalogy ⓘ |
| redefinedFrom |
Insectivora
ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipotyphla
|
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation |
poor eyesight in many species
ⓘ
well-developed olfaction ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| superorder | Laurasiatheria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
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: Eulipotyphla Description of subject: Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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