Myrmecobiidae
E651420
Myrmecobiidae is a family of small, insectivorous marsupials best known for the numbat, an endangered, termite-eating species native to Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myrmecobiidae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7260737 — 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: Myrmecobiidae Context triple: [Dasyuromorphia, containsFamily, Myrmecobiidae]
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A.
Leptomyrmecini
Leptomyrmecini is a tribe of ants within the subfamily Dolichoderinae, comprising several genera of mostly small, often arboreal or ground-dwelling species found in diverse habitats worldwide.
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B.
Bothriomyrmecini
Bothriomyrmecini is a tribe of ants within the subfamily Dolichoderinae, comprising several genera characterized by their distinctive morphology and ecological behaviors.
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C.
Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster is a genus of slender, fast-moving ants commonly found in forests and grasslands, known for their role in seed dispersal and soil turnover.
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D.
Nothomyrmecia
Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
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E.
Myrmecocystus
Myrmecocystus is a genus of North American ants known as “honeypot ants,” famous for workers that store large quantities of liquid food in their distended abdomens.
- 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: Myrmecobiidae Target entity description: Myrmecobiidae is a family of small, insectivorous marsupials best known for the numbat, an endangered, termite-eating species native to Australia.
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A.
Leptomyrmecini
Leptomyrmecini is a tribe of ants within the subfamily Dolichoderinae, comprising several genera of mostly small, often arboreal or ground-dwelling species found in diverse habitats worldwide.
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B.
Bothriomyrmecini
Bothriomyrmecini is a tribe of ants within the subfamily Dolichoderinae, comprising several genera characterized by their distinctive morphology and ecological behaviors.
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C.
Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster is a genus of slender, fast-moving ants commonly found in forests and grasslands, known for their role in seed dispersal and soil turnover.
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D.
Nothomyrmecia
Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
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E.
Myrmecocystus
Myrmecocystus is a genus of North American ants known as “honeypot ants,” famous for workers that store large quantities of liquid food in their distended abdomens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marsupial family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | fur ⓘ |
| characteristic |
adaptation for termite feeding
ⓘ
diurnal activity in extant species ⓘ long sticky tongue ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | numbat family ⓘ |
| conservationStatusOfRepresentative | endangered (numbat) ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Myrmecobius fasciatus ⓘ |
| currentStronghold | southwestern Western Australia ⓘ |
| diet | insectivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | highly specialized myrmecophagous diet ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Dasyuridae ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | specialist termite predator ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Australia ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | ground foraging for termites ⓘ |
| fossilRange | at least Miocene to Recent ⓘ |
| habitat |
open woodlands
ⓘ
shrublands ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecord | yes ⓘ |
| higherTaxon |
Dasyuromorphia
ⓘ
Mammalia ⓘ Marsupialia ⓘ |
| historicalDistribution | southern Australia ⓘ |
| includesExtantSpecies |
numbat
ⓘ
linked to:
Potorous
|
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Myrmecobius (ant-life, referring to ant or termite diet)
ⓘ
linked to:
Myrmecobius fasciatus
|
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ |
| order | Dasyuromorphia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryDiet | termites ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | marsupial reproduction with pouch or abdominal teats ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Myrmecobius
ⓘ
linked to:
Myrmecobius fasciatus
|
| vertebrate | true ⓘ |
| warmBlooded | true ⓘ |
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: Myrmecobiidae Description of subject: Myrmecobiidae is a family of small, insectivorous marsupials best known for the numbat, an endangered, termite-eating species native to Australia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.