Merino

breed of sheep
Taxon sheep_breed Q651765
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Merino

Summary

Merino is a sheep breed[1]. Merino ranks in the top 0.5% of sheep_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,632 views/month, #1 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merino is in the country of Spain[3].
  • Merino is in the country of Portugal[4].
  • Merino's instance of is recorded as sheep breed[5].
  • Merino is a type of sheep[6].
  • Merino's Commons category is recorded as Merino (breed)[7].
  • Merino's country of origin is recorded as Spain[8].
  • Merino comprises German Mutton Merino[9].
  • Merino comprises Merinolandschaf[10].
  • Merino comprises Merinolangwollschaf[11].
  • Merino's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Merino (breed)[12].
  • Merino's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Merino's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Merino's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15].
  • Merino's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[16].
  • Merino's this taxon is source of is recorded as merino[17].
  • Merino's different from is recorded as Merina[18].
  • Merino's FAO risk status is recorded as not at risk[19].
  • Merino's taxon range is recorded as Iberian Peninsula[20].
  • Merino's P14541 is recorded as SveAl[21].

Body

Distribution

Country listings include Spain[3], a sovereign state[22], in Spain[23], founded in 1715[24] and Portugal[4], a sovereign state[25], in Portugal[26], founded in 1139[27].

Why It Matters

Merino ranks in the top 0.5% of sheep_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,632 views/month, #1 of 200).[2] Merino has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Merino is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 4886573548
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 4886573548, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/4886573548 in United States"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → SveAl
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    This taxon is source of → merino
    Has part(s) → German Mutton Merino, Merinolandschaf, Merinolangwollschaf
    Country of origin → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565546705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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