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Shih Tzu

dog breed
Taxon dog_breed Q39357
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Summary

Shih Tzu is a dog breed[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dog breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,772 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Shih Tzu[3]
  • Country of origin: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Catalog code: 208[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shih Tzu[6]
  • Commons gallery: Shih Tzu[7]
  • Height: 27 cm[8]
  • Mass: 4.5 kg[9], 8 kg[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • Litter size: 4.2[12]

Why It Matters

Shih Tzu has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

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] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . 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. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0215212-sitzu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0215212-sitzu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+27'}
    Country of origin → People's Republic of China
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 7980, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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