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 (314 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Soay sheep's image is recorded as Soay Sheep. Ovis aries - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg[3].
  • Soay sheep's image is recorded as Horned Soay ram close-up.jpg[4].
  • Soay sheep's image is recorded as Soay ewe.jpg[5].
  • Soay sheep's image is recorded as Soay sheep lamb.png[6].
  • Soay sheep's instance of is recorded as sheep breed[7].
  • Soay is named after Soay sheep[8].
  • Soay sheep's has use is recorded as mutton[9].
  • Soay sheep's Commons category is recorded as Soay sheep[10].
  • Soay sheep's color is recorded as brown[11].
  • Soay sheep's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[12].
  • Soay sheep's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04vspv[13].
  • Soay sheep's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+36'}[14].
  • Soay sheep's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+25'}[15].
  • Soay sheep's FAO risk status is recorded as not at risk[16].
  • Soay sheep's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777373291[17].
  • Soay sheep's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007551045805171[18].
  • Soay sheep's KBpedia ID is recorded as SoaySheep[19].

Why It Matters

Soay sheep ranks in the top 4% of sheep_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . fao.org. fao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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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