Anomaluridae
E736493
Anomaluridae is a family of African rodents, commonly known as scaly-tailed squirrels, characterized by their gliding membranes and distinctive keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anomaluridae canonical | 6 |
| Anomalurinae | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8467146 — 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: Anomaluridae Context triple: [Sciurognathi, includesTaxon, Anomaluridae]
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A.
Procaviidae
Procaviidae is a family of small, herbivorous mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and notable for being closely related to elephants and manatees despite their rodent-like appearance.
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B.
Bagridae
Bagridae is a family of ray-finned catfishes commonly known as bagrid or naked catfishes, found primarily in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
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C.
Anhimidae
Anhimidae is a small family of South American birds known as screamers, characterized by their large size, loud calls, and partially webbed feet, and are closely related to ducks and geese.
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D.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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E.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
- 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: Anomaluridae Target entity description: Anomaluridae is a family of African rodents, commonly known as scaly-tailed squirrels, characterized by their gliding membranes and distinctive keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
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A.
Procaviidae
Procaviidae is a family of small, herbivorous mammals known as hyraxes, native to Africa and the Middle East and notable for being closely related to elephants and manatees despite their rodent-like appearance.
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B.
Bagridae
Bagridae is a family of ray-finned catfishes commonly known as bagrid or naked catfishes, found primarily in freshwater habitats across Africa and Asia.
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C.
Anhimidae
Anhimidae is a small family of South American birds known as screamers, characterized by their large size, loud calls, and partially webbed feet, and are closely related to ducks and geese.
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D.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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E.
Momotidae
Momotidae is a family of colorful, medium-sized Neotropical birds known as motmots, characterized by their long, often racket-tipped tails and insectivorous habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal family
ⓘ
rodent family ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyMassRange | small to medium-sized rodents ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arboreal lifestyle
ⓘ
gliding membranes ⓘ keeled scales on underside of tail ⓘ nocturnal habits ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
anomalures
ⓘ
scaly-tailed squirrels ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | true flying squirrels (Sciuridae) by tail scales ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | at least Miocene ⓘ |
| glidingStructure | patagium extending between limbs ⓘ |
| habitat |
tropical forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anomalurus beecrofti
ⓘ
linked to:
Anomalurus
Anomalurus derbianus ⓘ
linked to:
Anomalurus
Idiurus macrotis ⓘ Idiurus zenkeri ⓘ
linked to:
Idiurus
Zenkerella insignis ⓘ
linked to:
Zenkerellidae
|
| higherClassification |
Anomaluromorpha
ⓘ
Mammalia ⓘ Rodentia ⓘ |
| includes |
Anomalurus
ⓘ
Idiurus ⓘ Zenkerella ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | gliding ⓘ |
| nativeTo | tropical Africa ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| roostSite | tree cavities ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | large eyes adapted for nocturnal vision ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | often roost communally ⓘ |
| suborder | Anomaluromorpha ⓘ |
| superfamily | Anomaluroidea ⓘ |
| tailFeature | rows of keratinized scales on ventral surface ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Anomaluridae Description of subject: Anomaluridae is a family of African rodents, commonly known as scaly-tailed squirrels, characterized by their gliding membranes and distinctive keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Anomaluridae