Tupaiidae
E728062
Tupaiidae is a family of small, squirrel-like mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tupaiidae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365843 — 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: Tupaiidae Context triple: [Scandentia, hasMemberTaxon, Tupaiidae]
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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C.
Petauridae
Petauridae is a family of small, nocturnal Australasian marsupials that includes gliders and striped possums known for their ability to glide or leap between trees.
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D.
Herpestoidea
Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
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E.
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals best known for skunks and their close relatives, characterized by their ability to spray a strong-smelling defensive secretion.
- 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: Tupaiidae Target entity description: Tupaiidae is a family of small, squirrel-like mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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C.
Petauridae
Petauridae is a family of small, nocturnal Australasian marsupials that includes gliders and striped possums known for their ability to glide or leap between trees.
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D.
Herpestoidea
Herpestoidea is a mammalian superfamily that primarily includes mongooses and their close relatives within the order Carnivora.
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E.
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals best known for skunks and their close relatives, characterized by their ability to spray a strong-smelling defensive secretion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mammal family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyLengthRange | approximately 10 to 23 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMassRange | approximately 50 to 350 grams ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Ptilocercidae ⓘ |
| commonName | treeshrews ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Borneo
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
Sumatra ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
southern China ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Malay word "tupai" meaning squirrel-like animal ⓘ |
| habitat |
plantations
ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large eyes
ⓘ
long furry tail ⓘ long slender snout ⓘ sharp claws for climbing ⓘ |
| hasMemberGenus |
Anathana
ⓘ
Dendrogale ⓘ Ptilocercus ⓘ Tupaia ⓘ Urogale ⓘ |
| isNot |
primate
ⓘ
rodent ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| order | Scandentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | placental ⓘ |
| resembles | squirrels ⓘ |
| tailLengthRange | approximately 8 to 20 centimeters ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Tupaia ⓘ |
| typicalFood |
fruit
ⓘ
insects ⓘ nectar ⓘ |
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: Tupaiidae Description of subject: Tupaiidae is a family of small, squirrel-like mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.