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fur

thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals
Class type of: skin, hair Q197204
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Summary

fur is an integumentary system[1]. fur is a type of skin[2] and hair[3].

Key Facts

  • Part of: Animalia[4], horse[5], animal coat[6]
  • Said to be the same as: fur[7]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: clothes=fur[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The Encyclopedia Americana[14], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15], New International Encyclopedia[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • P14692: Wikidata item[20]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Wikidata item
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4824
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4824, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Wikidata item
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295916, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → animal, horse, coat
    Image → Fur crossfox.jpg, Furs.jpg
    Said to be the same as → fur, fur
    Subclass of → skin, hair
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555563905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  5. 24w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → skin, hair
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: hide"
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