Pholidota
E200417
Pholidota is the mammalian order comprising pangolins, insect-eating, scale-covered mammals found in parts of Africa and Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pholidota canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742324 — 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: Pholidota Context triple: [Eutheria, includes, Pholidota]
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A.
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
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B.
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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C.
Macroscelidea
Macroscelidea is an order of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, characterized by their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
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D.
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata is an order of African mammals best known for the aardvark, characterized by specialized tubular teeth and adaptations for feeding on ants and termites.
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E.
Scandentia
Scandentia is an order of small, arboreal mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia and once considered close relatives of primates.
- 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: Pholidota Target entity description: Pholidota is the mammalian order comprising pangolins, insect-eating, scale-covered mammals found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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A.
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla is an order of small insectivorous mammals that includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and related species.
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B.
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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C.
Macroscelidea
Macroscelidea is an order of small, insectivorous African mammals commonly known as elephant shrews or sengis, characterized by their elongated snouts and swift, hopping locomotion.
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D.
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata is an order of African mammals best known for the aardvark, characterized by specialized tubular teeth and adaptations for feeding on ants and termites.
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E.
Scandentia
Scandentia is an order of small, arboreal mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia and once considered close relatives of primates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammalian order
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ferae ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | keratin scales ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pangolins ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Manidae
ⓘ
Manis ⓘ Phataginus ⓘ Smutsia ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | rolling into a ball ⓘ |
| describedAs | scale-covered mammals ⓘ |
| feedingStrategy | myrmecophagy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
edentulous or reduced teeth
ⓘ
long sticky tongue ⓘ nocturnal behavior ⓘ powerful claws for digging ⓘ solitary lifestyle ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | high levels of illegal trade ⓘ |
| hasTail | true ⓘ |
| historicallyGroupedWith | Xenarthra ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lactation | present ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal in some species
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeToContinent |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| nowConsideredPhylogeneticallyCloseTo | Carnivora ⓘ |
| numberOfExtantSpecies | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfFamilies | 1 ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scaleComposition | keratin ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | well-developed sense of smell ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| tailFunction |
balance
ⓘ
prehensile in some species ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
habitat loss
ⓘ
poaching ⓘ |
| typicalDiet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| typicalPrey |
ants
ⓘ
termites ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bushmeat
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| warmBlooded | true ⓘ |
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: Pholidota Description of subject: Pholidota is the mammalian order comprising pangolins, insect-eating, scale-covered mammals found in parts of Africa and Asia.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.