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British Shorthair

British breed of shorthaired cat
Taxon cat_breed Q29273
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Summary

British Shorthair is a cat breed[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of cat breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: domestic short-haired cat[3], cat[4]
  • Commons category: British Shorthair cats[5]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[6]
  • Mass: 4 kg[7], 7 kg[8]
  • Life expectancy: 14 years[9]
  • Hashtag: bsh[10], bkh[11]
  • Social media followers: 34,500[12]

Why It Matters

British Shorthair has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . de.wikipedia.org. de.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . de.wikipedia.org. de.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . instagram.com. instagram.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . instagram.com. instagram.com. Provenance: 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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