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dog breed

group of closely related and visibly similar domestic dogs
Thing metaclass Q39367
dog breed
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Summary

dog breed is a metaclass[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of metaclass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,402 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: breed[3], dog type[4]
  • Commons category: Dog breeds[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dog breeds[6]
  • Described at URL: https://mybreedmatch.com/[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox dog breed[8]
  • Has characteristic: Q11985722[9]
  • Has list: list of dog breeds[10]
  • Is metaclass for: dog[11]
  • Breed belongs to taxon: Canis familiaris[12]

Why It Matters

dog breed has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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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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. 8d ago · Infovarius · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q11985722
    Criterion used → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: Q11985722"
  2. 10d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Criterion used → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Criterion used: Q11985722"
  3. 23w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of dog breeds
    Subclass of → breed, dog type
    Instance of → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||id, is, fa, nl, pa, zh-yue, eu, vi, no, ca, uk, da, et, tr, ur, he, sw, cv, mk, nn, ar, fy */ Add 22 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia articl"
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