Ovis orientalis

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q378080
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Summary

Ovis orientalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ovis orientalis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ovis orientalis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Ovis orientalis belongs to the parent taxon Ovis[5].
  • Ovis orientalis's scientific name is Ovis orientalis[6].
  • Ovis orientalis's Commons category is recorded as Ovis orientalis[7].
  • Ovis orientalis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ovis orientalis[8].
  • Ovis orientalis's Commons gallery is recorded as Ovis orientalis[9].
  • Ovis orientalis's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Ovis orientalis's taxon synonym is recorded as mouflon[11].
  • Ovis orientalis's taxon synonym is recorded as Urial[12].
  • Ovis orientalis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. orientalis'}[13].
  • Ovis orientalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Muflón de Chipre'}[14].
  • Ovis orientalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mouflón de Chypre'}[15].
  • Ovis orientalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rdeča ovca'}[16].
  • Ovis orientalis's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'month', 'amount': '+5'}[17].

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Classification

Ovis orientalis's scientific name is Ovis orientalis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Ovis[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Muflón de Chipre'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mouflón de Chypre'}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rdeča ovca'}[16].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 74824[18], 461575[19], and 507848[20]. Ovis orientalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 469796[21]. Ovis orientalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441112[22]. Ovis orientalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202414[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ovis orientalis include Agridia[24], a community of Cyprus Republic[25], in Cyprus[26].

Why It Matters

Ovis orientalis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include Agridia[24], a community of Cyprus Republic[25], in Cyprus[26].

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. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Taxon synonym → mouflon, Urial
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