order Microbiotheria
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The order Microbiotheria is a small group of marsupials best known for the monito del monte, a rare, mouse-sized, arboreal species native to temperate forests of southern South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| order Microbiotheria canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5632674 — 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: order Microbiotheria Context triple: [Australidelphia, hasMember, order Microbiotheria]
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A.
Nephrozoa
Nephrozoa is a major clade of bilaterian animals characterized by the presence of true kidneys or kidney-like excretory organs and includes most animal phyla except sponges, cnidarians, and a few other early-branching groups.
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B.
Pisorisporiales
Pisorisporiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with aquatic or decaying plant habitats.
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C.
Monilochaetes
Monilochaetes is a genus of fungi known for including plant-associated species, some of which can act as plant pathogens.
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D.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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E.
Xenospadicoidales
Xenospadicoidales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising filamentous ascomycetes often associated with decaying plant material and soil habitats.
- 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: order Microbiotheria Target entity description: The order Microbiotheria is a small group of marsupials best known for the monito del monte, a rare, mouse-sized, arboreal species native to temperate forests of southern South America.
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A.
Nephrozoa
Nephrozoa is a major clade of bilaterian animals characterized by the presence of true kidneys or kidney-like excretory organs and includes most animal phyla except sponges, cnidarians, and a few other early-branching groups.
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B.
Pisorisporiales
Pisorisporiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with aquatic or decaying plant habitats.
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C.
Monilochaetes
Monilochaetes is a genus of fungi known for including plant-associated species, some of which can act as plant pathogens.
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D.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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E.
Xenospadicoidales
Xenospadicoidales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising filamentous ascomycetes often associated with decaying plant material and soil habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal order
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bestKnownRepresentative | monito del monte ⓘ |
| biogeographicSignificance | relict marsupial lineage of South America ⓘ |
| bodySizeOfRepresentativeSpecies | mouse-sized ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | microbiotheres ⓘ |
| conservationStatusOfOrder | many populations of member species are of conservation concern ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
prehensile tail in many members
ⓘ
small body size ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 19th century ⓘ |
| geologicalHistory | lineage dates back to at least the Paleogene ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Dromiciops
ⓘ
linked to:
Dromiciops gliroides
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| includesSpecies | Dromiciops gliroides ⓘ |
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Argentina
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ southern South America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | monito del monte ⓘ |
| phylogeneticPosition | closely related to Australian marsupials within Australidelphia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | marsupial ⓘ |
| reproductiveTrait | pouch-bearing females ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | described by Oldfield Thomas (as an order-level group) ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| superorder | Australidelphia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Dromiciops gliroides ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
Nothofagus forests
ⓘ
temperate forests ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: order Microbiotheria Description of subject: The order Microbiotheria is a small group of marsupials best known for the monito del monte, a rare, mouse-sized, arboreal species native to temperate forests of southern South America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.