Soay sheep

breed of sheep
Taxon sheep_breed Q502330
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Soay sheep

Summary

Soay sheep is a sheep breed[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sheep_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (581 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Soay sheep's instance of is recorded as sheep breed[3].
  • Soay is named after Soay sheep[4].
  • Soay sheep is used for mutton[5].
  • Soay sheep's Commons category is recorded as Soay sheep[6].
  • Soay sheep's color is recorded as brown[7].
  • Soay sheep's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[8].
  • Soay sheep's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+36'}[9].
  • Soay sheep's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+25'}[10].
  • Soay sheep's FAO risk status is recorded as not at risk[11].

Body

Discovery and Description

Soay is named after Soay sheep[4].

Why It Matters

Soay sheep ranks in the top 4% of sheep_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (581 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . fao.org. fao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . 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. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Fao risk status → not at risk
    Instance of → sheep breed
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551045805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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