goat

domesticated mammal raised for its meat and milk
Taxon taxon Q2934
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goat

Summary

goat is a taxon[1]. goat ranks in the top 0.077% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,747 views/month, #151 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • goat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • goat is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • goat belongs to the parent taxon Wild Goat[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, goat is Capra aegagrus hircus[6].
  • goat is a type of domesticated mammal[7].
  • goat is a type of productive animal[8].
  • goat is used for meat[9].
  • goat is used for milk[10].
  • goat's Commons category is recorded as Goats[11].
  • goat's Unicode character is recorded as 🐐[12].
  • goat comprises horn[13].
  • goat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Goats[14].
  • goat's depicted by is recorded as Jupiter nursed by the she-goat Amalthea[15].
  • goat's depicted by is recorded as Figura femminile sdraiata con capra[16].
  • goat's depicted by is recorded as Pan and a Goat mating, from the Villa of the Papyri[17].
  • goat's depicted by is recorded as Capriccio with Classical Arch and Goats[18].
  • goat's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • goat's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • goat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • goat's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • goat's this taxon is source of is recorded as goat milk[23].
  • goat's this taxon is source of is recorded as goat meat[24].
  • goat's this taxon is source of is recorded as goat hair[25].
  • goat's this taxon is source of is recorded as goat meat dish[26].
  • goat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Goat'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, goat is Capra aegagrus hircus[6]. goat is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. goat is classified within Wild Goat[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Goat'}[27], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Domestic Goat'}[28], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hausziege'}[29], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'koza'}[30], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cabra'}[31], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'koza'}[32].

Identifiers

goat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123070[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for goat include goatee[34]; tragus[35], an organism subdivision type[36]; Staog[37], a computer virus[38]; and Geißhorn[39], a mountain[40], in Germany[41].

Why It Matters

goat ranks in the top 0.077% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,747 views/month, #151 of 195,241).[2] goat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] goat is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for goat include goatee[34]; tragus[35], an organism subdivision type[36]; Staog[37], a computer virus[38]; and Geißhorn[39], a mountain[40], in Germany[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Goats
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    Subclass of
    Parent taxon Wild Goat
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