Tapiridae
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Tapiridae is the biological family of large, herbivorous, odd-toed ungulates known as tapirs, characterized by their short prehensile snouts and semi-aquatic habits in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tapiridae canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380651 — 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: Tapiridae Context triple: [Perissodactyla, hasMember, Tapiridae]
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A.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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B.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Hippopotamoidea
Hippopotamoidea is a mammalian superfamily that includes hippos and their closest extinct relatives within the order Artiodactyla.
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D.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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E.
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae is the biological family of large, thick-skinned, horned mammals commonly known as rhinoceroses, native to Africa and Asia.
- 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: Tapiridae Target entity description: Tapiridae is the biological family of large, herbivorous, odd-toed ungulates known as tapirs, characterized by their short prehensile snouts and semi-aquatic habits in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammals that includes the common hippopotamus and its relatives.
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B.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Hippopotamoidea
Hippopotamoidea is a mammalian superfamily that includes hippos and their closest extinct relatives within the order Artiodactyla.
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D.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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E.
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae is the biological family of large, thick-skinned, horned mammals commonly known as rhinoceroses, native to Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | tapirs ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species threatened ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| extantGenus | Tapirus ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Eocene ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
four functional toes on front feet
ⓘ
hindgut fermenters ⓘ large-bodied ⓘ semi-aquatic habits ⓘ short prehensile snout ⓘ short tail ⓘ thick skin ⓘ three functional toes on hind feet ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | seed disperser ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Acrocodia
ⓘ
Colodon ⓘ Heptodon ⓘ Miotapirus ⓘ Protapirus ⓘ Tapirus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
good swimmer
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| memberOfGroup | odd-toed ungulates ⓘ |
| namedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Perissodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Equidae
ⓘ
Rhinocerotidae ⓘ |
| representativeSpecies |
Tapirus bairdii
ⓘ
linked to:
Baird's tapir
Tapirus indicus ⓘ Tapirus pinchaque ⓘ
linked to:
Andean tapir
Tapirus terrestris ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Ceratomorpha ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
river edges
ⓘ
swamps ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
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: Tapiridae Description of subject: Tapiridae is the biological family of large, herbivorous, odd-toed ungulates known as tapirs, characterized by their short prehensile snouts and semi-aquatic habits in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.