Afrosoricida
E197124
Afrosoricida is an order of small insectivorous mammals, including tenrecs and golden moles, primarily found in Africa and Madagascar.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afrosoricida canonical | 5 |
| Tenrecidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742322 — 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: Afrosoricida Context triple: [Eutheria, includes, Afrosoricida]
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A.
Hyracoidea
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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B.
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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C.
Afrotheria
Afrotheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, and several other groups thought to share a common African evolutionary origin.
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D.
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
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E.
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.
- 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: Afrosoricida Target entity description: Afrosoricida is an order of small insectivorous mammals, including tenrecs and golden moles, primarily found in Africa and Madagascar.
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A.
Hyracoidea
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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B.
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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C.
Afrotheria
Afrotheria is a major clade of placental mammals that includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, and several other groups thought to share a common African evolutionary origin.
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D.
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | order of mammals ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | afrosoricids ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | some species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ |
| containsSpeciesWithLifestyle |
arboreal
ⓘ
fossorial ⓘ semi-aquatic ⓘ terrestrial ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect predator
ⓘ
soil aeration through burrowing ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest
ⓘ
grassland ⓘ savanna ⓘ subterranean habitats ⓘ terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adaptations for digging in golden moles
ⓘ
elongated snout in many species ⓘ often reduced vision ⓘ small eyes in many species ⓘ spiny or bristly pelage in some tenrecs ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chrysochloris asiatica
ⓘ
Echinops telfairi ⓘ Tenrec ecaudatus ⓘ |
| historicallyMisclassifiedAs |
Insectivora
ⓘ
linked to:
Eulipotyphla
|
| includesCommonGroup |
golden moles
ⓘ
tenrecs ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Chrysochloridae
ⓘ
Tenrecidae ⓘ
linked to:
Afrosoricida
|
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | African origin of many species ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other afrotherian orders ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation |
enhanced olfactory senses in many species
ⓘ
enhanced tactile senses in many species ⓘ |
| superorder | Afrotheria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | small ⓘ |
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: Afrosoricida Description of subject: Afrosoricida is an order of small insectivorous mammals, including tenrecs and golden moles, primarily found in Africa and Madagascar.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Afrosoricida