Musteloidea
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Musteloidea is a diverse superfamily of carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, raccoons, and the red panda.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Musteloidea canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7414398 — 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: Musteloidea Context triple: [Ailuridae, superfamily, Musteloidea]
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A.
Mustelidae
Mustelidae is a diverse family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, ferrets, and wolverines, known for their elongated bodies and often fierce hunting behavior.
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B.
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.
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C.
Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
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D.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
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E.
Myomorpha
Myomorpha is a major suborder of rodents that includes mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, and related small, typically omnivorous mammals characterized by specialized jaw and tooth structures.
- 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: Musteloidea Target entity description: Musteloidea is a diverse superfamily of carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, raccoons, and the red panda.
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A.
Mustelidae
Mustelidae is a diverse family of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, ferrets, and wolverines, known for their elongated bodies and often fierce hunting behavior.
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B.
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.
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C.
Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae is a family of carnivorous marsupials that includes quolls, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil, primarily native to Australia and New Guinea.
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D.
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, often nocturnal mammals such as civets and genets, known for their elongated bodies, pointed faces, and primarily Old World distribution.
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E.
Myomorpha
Myomorpha is a major suborder of rodents that includes mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, and related small, typically omnivorous mammals characterized by specialized jaw and tooth structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| characteristic |
diverse body sizes
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primarily carnivorous dentition ⓘ typically elongated bodies in many species ⓘ well-developed anal scent glands in many species ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonMembers |
badgers
ⓘ
otters ⓘ raccoons ⓘ red panda ⓘ weasels ⓘ |
| containsClade | weasel-like carnivorans ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica and some oceanic islands ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mesopredators
ⓘ
top predators in some ecosystems ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Eocene ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater ecosystems
ⓘ
marine coastal ecosystems ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ailuridae
ⓘ
Mephitidae ⓘ Mustelidae ⓘ Procyonidae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Carnivora ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Ailuridae
ⓘ
Mephitidae ⓘ Mustelidae ⓘ Procyonidae ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Ailurus
ⓘ
Lutra ⓘ
linked to:
Otter
Meles ⓘ Mustela ⓘ Procyon ⓘ
linked to:
Alpha Canis Minoris
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | plantigrade or semi-plantigrade in many species ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sisterGroup | Canidae ⓘ |
| suborder | Caniformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Musteloidea Description of subject: Musteloidea is a diverse superfamily of carnivorous mammals that includes weasels, otters, badgers, raccoons, and the red panda.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.