Muridae
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Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muridae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8467069 — 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: Muridae Context triple: [Mus musculus, family, Muridae]
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A.
Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae is a family of small, squirrel-like mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
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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C.
Soricidae
Soricidae is the biological family comprising shrews, small insectivorous mammals known for their high metabolic rates and pointed snouts.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Muridae Target entity description: Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
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A.
Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae is a family of small, squirrel-like mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
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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C.
Soricidae
Soricidae is the biological family comprising shrews, small insectivorous mammals known for their high metabolic rates and pointed snouts.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rodent family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Acomys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apodemus ⓘ Gerbillus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mastomys NERFINISHED ⓘ Meriones NERFINISHED ⓘ Mus NERFINISHED ⓘ Peromyscus (in some classifications) ⓘ Praomys NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattus ⓘ |
| containsSubfamily |
Deomyinae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gerbillinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Leimacomyinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Lophiomyinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Murinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Otomyinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for many predators
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
agricultural pest
ⓘ
disease reservoir ⓘ laboratory animal source ⓘ |
| estimatedSpeciesCount | over 700 species ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antarctica (introduced in limited coastal areas) ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpeciesGenus | Mus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
gerbils
ⓘ
hamster-like rodents ⓘ mice ⓘ rats ⓘ |
| isLargestFamilyOf |
Mammalia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rodentia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | rapid breeder ⓘ |
| superfamily | Muroidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalBodySize | small mammal ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1821 ⓘ |
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: Muridae Description of subject: Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mus musculus
subject surface form:
Rattus
subject surface form:
Norway rat