Manidae
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Manidae is the family of scaly anteaters commonly known as pangolins, comprising all extant species within the mammalian order Pholidota.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manidae canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8476956 — 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: Manidae Context triple: [Pholidota, containsTaxon, Manidae]
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A.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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B.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
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C.
Mamuthones
Mamuthones are traditional masked figures from the Barbagia region of Sardinia, known for their heavy black costumes, cowbells, and ritual processions during local carnival celebrations.
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D.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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E.
Melanosuchus
Melanosuchus is a crocodilian genus best known for the black caiman, a large predatory reptile native to the freshwater habitats of the Amazon Basin.
- 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: Manidae Target entity description: Manidae is the family of scaly anteaters commonly known as pangolins, comprising all extant species within the mammalian order Pholidota.
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A.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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B.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
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C.
Mamuthones
Mamuthones are traditional masked figures from the Barbagia region of Sardinia, known for their heavy black costumes, cowbells, and ritual processions during local carnival celebrations.
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D.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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E.
Melanosuchus
Melanosuchus is a crocodilian genus best known for the black caiman, a large predatory reptile native to the freshwater habitats of the Amazon Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pangolins ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| diet |
ants
ⓘ
termites ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | true keratin scales rather than hair or armor plates ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Xenarthra ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
primarily nocturnal
ⓘ
solitary ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to roll into a protective ball
ⓘ
body covered with keratinous scales ⓘ edentulous or nearly toothless jaws ⓘ long protrusible tongue adapted for myrmecophagy ⓘ powerful claws for digging ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | family heavily impacted by illegal wildlife trade ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | specialized insectivores ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
savannas
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName_en | pangolins ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName_la | Manidae ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Manis
ⓘ
Phataginus ⓘ Smutsia ⓘ |
| hasSkinType | overlapping keratin scales over most of body ⓘ |
| hasTail | long tail often prehensile in arboreal species ⓘ |
| hasUse |
meat used as bushmeat
ⓘ
scales used in traditional medicine ⓘ |
| includesExtantTaxa | all living pangolin species ⓘ |
| isInTaxon | Pholidota ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
some species partly arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| order | Pholidota ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Pholidota ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
gives birth to small litters
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Eupholidota ⓘ |
| superfamily | Manoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Manis ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1821 ⓘ |
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: Manidae Description of subject: Manidae is the family of scaly anteaters commonly known as pangolins, comprising all extant species within the mammalian order Pholidota.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.