Herpestoidea
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Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herpestoidea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7764321 — 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: Herpestoidea Context triple: [Herpestidae, superfamily, Herpestoidea]
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A.
Herpestidae
Herpestidae is a family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including mongooses and their relatives, known for their agility and often social behavior.
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B.
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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C.
Musteloidea
Musteloidea is a diverse superfamily of carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, raccoons, and the red panda.
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D.
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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E.
Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
- 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: Herpestoidea Target entity description: Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
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A.
Herpestidae
Herpestidae is a family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals, including mongooses and their relatives, known for their agility and often social behavior.
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B.
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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C.
Musteloidea
Musteloidea is a diverse superfamily of carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, raccoons, and the red panda.
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D.
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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E.
Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammalian superfamily
ⓘ
taxonomic superfamily ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Eutheria
ⓘ
Feliformia ⓘ Placentalia ⓘ
linked to:
Eutheria
Theria ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | herpestoids ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Caniformia ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ introduced populations in various regions ⓘ southern Europe (limited species) ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mesopredator
ⓘ
small carnivore ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin | derived within Feliformia ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | known from Miocene and later deposits ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
many species are insectivorous or omnivorous
ⓘ
many species are terrestrial ⓘ many species exhibit social behavior ⓘ often possess elongated bodies and short limbs ⓘ primarily small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals ⓘ |
| hasMemberFamily |
Eupleridae
ⓘ
Herpestidae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Carnivora ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
Malagasy carnivorans
ⓘ
cusimanses ⓘ meerkats ⓘ mongooses ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Eupleridae
ⓘ
Herpestidae ⓘ Hyaenodonta (sometimes excluded; classification debated) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableMemberGenus |
Cryptoprocta
ⓘ
Herpestes ⓘ Mungos ⓘ Suricata ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Felidae
ⓘ
Hyaenidae ⓘ Viverridae ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonomicAuthority | recognized in modern carnivoran systematics ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
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: Herpestoidea Description of subject: Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.