Hyaenidae
E174899
Hyaenidae is a family of carnivorous mammals known for hyenas and aardwolves, characterized by powerful jaws, scavenging habits, and social clan structures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hyaenidae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1500300 — 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: Hyaenidae Context triple: [Carnivora, includesFamily, Hyaenidae]
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A.
Feliformia
Feliformia is a suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes cats, hyenas, mongooses, and related species characterized by specialized skull and dental features.
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B.
Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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C.
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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D.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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E.
Canidae
Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, and related canids.
- 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: Hyaenidae Target entity description: Hyaenidae is a family of carnivorous mammals known for hyenas and aardwolves, characterized by powerful jaws, scavenging habits, and social clan structures.
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A.
Feliformia
Feliformia is a suborder of carnivorous mammals that includes cats, hyenas, mongooses, and related species characterized by specialized skull and dental features.
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B.
Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of cats, encompassing all modern and extinct species of wild and domestic felines such as lions, tigers, leopards, and house cats.
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C.
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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D.
Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae is a family of pig-like hoofed mammals known as peccaries, native to the Americas and adapted to a variety of habitats from deserts to tropical forests.
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E.
Canidae
Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, and related canids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| ancestralRange | Eurasia ⓘ |
| characteristic |
anal scent glands
ⓘ
carnivorous dentition ⓘ complex social behavior ⓘ digitigrade locomotion ⓘ powerful jaws ⓘ relatively weaker hindquarters ⓘ robust skull ⓘ vocal communication including whoops and laughs ⓘ well-developed forequarters ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | hyena family ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
insectivorous in aardwolf ⓘ scavenging ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Canidae
ⓘ
Felidae ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
predator
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
parts of Asia ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecordSince | Miocene ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Crocuta
ⓘ
Hyaena ⓘ Parahyaena brunnea ⓘ
surface form:
Parahyaena
Proteles cristata ⓘ
surface form:
Proteles
|
| includesTaxon |
Crocuta crocuta
ⓘ
striped hyena ⓘ
surface form:
Hyaena hyaena
Parahyaena brunnea ⓘ Proteles cristata ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableMemberCommonName |
aardwolf
ⓘ
brown hyena ⓘ spotted hyena ⓘ striped hyena ⓘ |
| numberOfExtantGenera | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfExtantSpecies | 4 ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | placental mammals ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clans
ⓘ
matrilineal dominance in spotted hyenas ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeSpeciesOfFamily | Crocuta crocuta ⓘ |
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: Hyaenidae Description of subject: Hyaenidae is a family of carnivorous mammals known for hyenas and aardwolves, characterized by powerful jaws, scavenging habits, and social clan structures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.