Nesomyidae
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Nesomyidae is a diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents that includes climbing mice, pouched rats, and several other specialized lineages.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nesomyidae canonical | 2 |
| Dendromurinae | 1 |
| Nesomyinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8602285 — 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: Nesomyidae Context triple: [Myomorpha, containsFamily, Nesomyidae]
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A.
Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae is a family of small North and Central American rodents that includes kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, and pocket mice, known for their external fur-lined cheek pouches and adaptations to arid environments.
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B.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
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C.
Cricetidae
Cricetidae is a large family of rodents that includes hamsters, voles, lemmings, and many New World rats and mice.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Dipodidae
Dipodidae is a family of small, long-legged jumping rodents that includes jerboas and their relatives, adapted for fast, bipedal locomotion in open 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: Nesomyidae Target entity description: Nesomyidae is a diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents that includes climbing mice, pouched rats, and several other specialized lineages.
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A.
Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae is a family of small North and Central American rodents that includes kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, and pocket mice, known for their external fur-lined cheek pouches and adaptations to arid environments.
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B.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
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C.
Cricetidae
Cricetidae is a large family of rodents that includes hamsters, voles, lemmings, and many New World rats and mice.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Dipodidae
Dipodidae is a family of small, long-legged jumping rodents that includes jerboas and their relatives, adapted for fast, bipedal locomotion in open habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rodent family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ecologically diverse
ⓘ
includes arboreal species ⓘ includes fossorial species ⓘ includes several specialized lineages ⓘ includes terrestrial species ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| continent |
Africa
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ |
| describedAs | diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents ⓘ |
| distribution |
Madagascar
ⓘ
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| hasCommonName | nesomyids ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Cricetomyinae
ⓘ
Delanymyinae ⓘ Dendromurinae ⓘ
linked to:
Nesomyidae
Mystromyinae ⓘ Nesomyinae ⓘ
linked to:
Nesomyidae
Petromyscinae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Muroidea ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
African climbing mice
ⓘ
Malagasy rats and mice ⓘ climbing mice ⓘ dune mice ⓘ fat mice ⓘ pouched rats ⓘ rock mice ⓘ swamp rats ⓘ white-tailed rats ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Brachytarsomys
ⓘ
linked to:
Macrotarsomys
Cricetomys ⓘ Delanymys ⓘ Dendromus ⓘ Eliurus ⓘ Gymnuromys ⓘ Hypogeomys ⓘ Macaqueomys ⓘ Macrotarsomys ⓘ Malacothrix ⓘ Monticolomys ⓘ Mystromys ⓘ
linked to:
Steatomys
Nesomys ⓘ Petromyscus ⓘ Saccostomus ⓘ Steatomys ⓘ Voalavo ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| suborder | Myomorpha ⓘ |
| superfamily | Muroidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Nesomyidae Description of subject: Nesomyidae is a diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents that includes climbing mice, pouched rats, and several other specialized lineages.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nesomyidae
linked to: Nesomyidae