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Shiba Inu

dog breed
Taxon dog_breed Q39315
Shiba Inu
Roberto Vasarri · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Shiba Inu is a dog breed[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of dog breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,633 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Japanese dog[3]
  • Commons category: Shiba Inu[4]
  • Country of origin: Japan[5]
  • Catalog code: 257[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shiba Inu[7]
  • Commons gallery: Shiba Inu[8]
  • Heritage designation: Natural Monument of Japan[9]
  • Different from: Shiba[10], Shiba Inu[11]
  • Height: 39.5[12], 36.5[13]
  • Name: Shiba Inu[14], 柴犬[15]
  • Litter size: 3.3[16]

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Discovery and Description

Things named for Shiba Inu include it[17], a cryptocurrency[18], founded in 2020[19].

Why It Matters

Shiba Inu has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include it[17], a cryptocurrency[18], founded in 2020[19].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . 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. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 25d ago · Ize2019 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → 柴犬, シバイヌ
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pixiv encyclopedia id: シバイヌ"
  2. 25d ago · Ize2019 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Shiba, Shiba Inu
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Shiba Inu"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0388531-ShibaInu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0388531-ShibaInu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Shiba, Shiba Inu
    Height → {'amount': '+39.5'}, {'amount': '+36.5'}
    Country of origin → Japan
    Local thumb → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 22651, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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