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Shetland sheep

Breed of sheep originating from Shetland Islands, Scotland
Class type of: sheep Q7495655

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
sheep breed
Subclass of
sheep[2]
Has use
wool, mutton[3][4]
Country of origin
Scotland[5]
Described by source
Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding[7]
FAO risk status
not at risk[12]
Height
62.0, 52.0[8][9]
Location of formation
Shetland Islands[6]
Mass
50.0, 38.0[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shetland sheep ar أغنام شتلاند fr Shetland it Pecora Shetland ja シェトランド・シープ ko 셰틀랜드 면양 sv Shetlandsfår th เชตแลนด์ vi Cừu Shetland zh 设得兰绵羊
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shetland sheep moorit.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02r5bs4
Quora topic ID
Shetland-Sheep

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🔗 Connections
Country of origin 1
Scotland
Has use 1
wool
Location of formation 1
Shetland Islands
Subclass of 1
sheep
← Species kept 1
Los Angeles Zoo
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Summary

Shetland sheep is a sheep breed[1].

Related Entities

Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . fao.org. fao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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