Thylacomyidae
E634016
Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thylacomyidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6979606 — 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: Thylacomyidae Context triple: [Peramelemorphia, recognizedFamilies, Thylacomyidae]
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A.
Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleonidae is an extinct family of Australian marsupial predators, commonly known as "marsupial lions," characterized by powerful jaws and specialized shearing teeth.
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B.
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuromorphia is an order of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Vombatidae
Vombatidae is the biological family of burrowing, herbivorous marsupials commonly known as wombats, native to Australia.
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D.
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae is a family of marsupials best known for including the koala, an arboreal herbivore native to Australia.
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E.
Potoroidae
Potoroidae is a family of small Australian marsupials, including potoroos, bettongs, and rat-kangaroos, known for their hopping locomotion and burrowing, nocturnal habits.
- 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: Thylacomyidae Target entity description: Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
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A.
Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleonidae is an extinct family of Australian marsupial predators, commonly known as "marsupial lions," characterized by powerful jaws and specialized shearing teeth.
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B.
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuromorphia is an order of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Vombatidae
Vombatidae is the biological family of burrowing, herbivorous marsupials commonly known as wombats, native to Australia.
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D.
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae is a family of marsupials best known for including the koala, an arboreal herbivore native to Australia.
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E.
Potoroidae
Potoroidae is a family of small Australian marsupials, including potoroos, bettongs, and rat-kangaroos, known for their hopping locomotion and burrowing, nocturnal habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | bilbies ⓘ |
| commonNameOfMember |
greater bilby
ⓘ
lesser bilby ⓘ |
| conservationStatusOfFamily | threatened ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Macrotis
ⓘ
Macrotis lagotis ⓘ
linked to:
Macrotis
Macrotis leucura ⓘ
linked to:
Macrotis
|
| dietIncludes |
bulbs and roots
ⓘ
fungi ⓘ insects ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distinguishingFromBandicoots |
longer ears and tail
ⓘ
more elongated snout ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
seed dispersal
ⓘ
soil bioturbation ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
central Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Australia
parts of northern Australia ⓘ western Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Western Australia
|
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
semi-arid shrublands ⓘ spinifex grasslands ⓘ |
| hasPouch | true ⓘ |
| historicallyGroupedWith |
Peramelidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Peramelemorphia
|
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| introducedPredators |
feral cat
ⓘ
red fox ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberCharacteristic |
elongated snout
ⓘ
fossorial behavior ⓘ long ears ⓘ nocturnal foraging ⓘ omnivorous diet ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| namedAfter | type genus Macrotis ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
arid regions of Australia ⓘ semi-arid regions of Australia ⓘ |
| order | Peramelemorphia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | marsupial reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ |
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: Thylacomyidae Description of subject: Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.