Ovis

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q22724
Ovis
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Ovis

Summary

Ovis is a taxon[1]. Ovis ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month, #1,125 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ovis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ovis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ovis belongs to the parent taxon Caprinae[5].
  • Ovis is classified within Caprini[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ovis is Ovis[7].
  • Ovis's Commons category is recorded as Ovis[8].
  • Ovis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ovis[9].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Ovis's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[16].
  • Ovis's this taxon is source of is recorded as sheep meat[17].
  • Ovis's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q9324034[18].
  • Ovis's this taxon is source of is recorded as sheep milk[19].
  • Ovis's this taxon is source of is recorded as wool[20].
  • Ovis's different from is recorded as Q18766299[21].
  • Ovis's homonymous taxon is recorded as Ovis[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ovis is Ovis[7]. Ovis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Caprinae[5] and Caprini[6].

Identifiers

Ovis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42387[23]. Ovis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9935[24]. Ovis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39510[25]. Ovis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9531221[26]. Ovis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180709[27].

Why It Matters

Ovis ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month, #1,125 of 195,241).[2] Ovis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ovis is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.

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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  1. 9d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of sheep meat, Q9324034, sheep milk +1
    Parent taxon Caprinae, Caprini
    Instance of
    Taxon rank genus
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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