Leporidae
E237811
Leporidae is the mammal family that includes rabbits and hares, characterized by long ears, powerful hind legs, and a global distribution in diverse habitats.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128865 — 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: Leporidae Context triple: [black-tailed jackrabbit, family, Leporidae]
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A.
Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha is an order of mammals that includes rabbits, hares, and pikas, characterized by continuously growing incisors and powerful hind legs adapted for jumping.
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B.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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C.
Glires
Glires is a mammalian clade that unites rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas) based on shared evolutionary and anatomical traits.
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D.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
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E.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
- 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: Leporidae Target entity description: Leporidae is the mammal family that includes rabbits and hares, characterized by long ears, powerful hind legs, and a global distribution in diverse habitats.
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A.
Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha is an order of mammals that includes rabbits, hares, and pikas, characterized by continuously growing incisors and powerful hind legs adapted for jumping.
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B.
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontiidae is a family of primitive rodents best known for the mountain beaver, a burrowing species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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C.
Glires
Glires is a mammalian clade that unites rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas) based on shared evolutionary and anatomical traits.
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D.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
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E.
Sciuridae
Sciuridae is a large family of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs, characterized by their strong hind legs, bushy tails, and gnawing incisors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
herbivorous diet
ⓘ
high reproductive rate ⓘ long ears ⓘ powerful hind legs ⓘ short tail ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| diet | herbivore ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important prey for many predators
ⓘ
influences vegetation through grazing ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ various islands worldwide ⓘ |
| hasFurType | dense fur ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpeciesGenus | Lepus ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
hares
ⓘ
rabbits ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Brachylagus
ⓘ
Brachylagus idahoensis group ⓘ Bunolagus ⓘ Caprolagus ⓘ Lepus ⓘ Nesolagus ⓘ Oryctolagus ⓘ Pentalagus ⓘ
linked to:
Pentalagus furnessi
Poelagus ⓘ Pronolagus ⓘ Romerolagus ⓘ Sylvilagus ⓘ |
| inhabits |
deserts
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forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ tundra margins ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbAdaptation | adapted for running and jumping ⓘ |
| order | Lagomorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
altricial young in rabbits
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precocial young in hares ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalFood |
bark
ⓘ
forbs ⓘ grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
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: Leporidae Description of subject: Leporidae is the mammal family that includes rabbits and hares, characterized by long ears, powerful hind legs, and a global distribution in diverse habitats.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.