The following is a list of breeds of cattle. Over 800 breeds of cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

 are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, others which were bred by humans for specialized uses. Breeds fall into two main types, regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus) cattle, also called zebu, are adapted to hot climates. Bos taurus (or Bos taurus taurus) are the typical cattle of Europe, north-eastern Asia, and parts of Africa – they are referred to in this list as "taurine" cattle, and many are adapted to cooler climates. Taurus/indicus hybrids are widely bred in many warmer regions, combining characteristics of both the ancestral types (such as the Sanga cattle

Sanga cattle

Sanga cattle is the collective name for indigenous cattle of South Africa. They are sometimes identified as a subspecies with the scientific name Bos taurus africanus. These cattle originated in East Africa, probably western Ethiopia, and have spread west and south...

 of Africa). In some parts of the world further species of cattle are found (both as wild and domesticated animals), and some of these are related so closely to taurine and indicus cattle that interspecies

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 hybrids have been bred. Examples include the Dwarf Lulu cattle of the mountains of Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 with yak

Yak

The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...

 blood, the Beefalo

Beefalo

Beefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American bison, Bison bison...

 of North America with bison

Bison

Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...

 genes, the Selembu

Selembu

Selembu is a dual purpose dairy and beef breed of cattle. It is the result of gaur/zebu hybridisation. The name is a hybrid from Malay name of Seladang and Lembu .-External links:...

 breed of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

 with gayal

Gayal

Gayal or mithun is the domestic gaur, probably a gaur-cattle hybrid breed.-Taxonomy:In his first description of 1804, Aylmer Bourke Lambert applied the binomial Bos frontalis to a domestic specimen probably from Chittagong....

 genes. The Madura

Madura cattle

Madura cattle are a stable, inbred hybrid of Zebu and Banteng . They originated on the island of Madura near northeastern Java, where the original cattle population was Banteng, very similar to Bali cattle. Sinhala cattle, a Zebu breed from Sri Lanka, were introduced more than 1500 years ago, and...

 breed of Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 may have banteng

Banteng

The banteng , also known as tembadau, is a species of wild cattle found in Southeast Asia.Banteng have been domesticated in several places in Southeast Asia, and there are around 1.5 million domestic banteng, which are called Bali cattle. These animals are used as working animals and for their meat...

 in its parentage. The Dzo

Dzo

A dzo is a hybrid of yak and domestic cattle. The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a dzomo or zhom. Alternative Romanizations of the Tibetan names include zho and zo. In Mongolian it is called khainag...

 of Nepal is an infertile cattle-yak crossing which is bred for agricultural work. Like the mule

Mule

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny...

 which is also infertile, they have to be continually bred from the parent species.

Used for multiple purposes

These breeds are used for multiple purposes.

Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

• Abondance
  Abondance (cattle)
  The Abondance is a mixed race breed of cattle which originated in the high valleys of Haute-Savoie, France.-Description:They are medium-sized, with the female weighing in at between 580 and 680 kilograms and standing 1.30 metres tall...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Adamawa
  Adamawa (cattle)
  Adamawa are a breed of cattle indigenous to Adamawa, Nigeria. They are a multipurpose breed, used as a Draught animal, and for beef and dairy production. The breed makes up 2% of Nigeria's total herd....
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Ala Tau (Dairy/beef)
• Albanian
  Albanian (cattle)
  The Albanian is a breed of cattle, originally from Albania. They are generally used as a draught animal and for dairy production....
  
   (Dairy/draught)
• Alentejana Cattle
  Alentejana Cattle
  Alentejana is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Alentejana breed has the protected geographical status of DOC from the European Commission-Description:...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Allmogekor
  Allmogekor
  Allmogekor is an old native breed of cattle originally from Sweden.These cattle are often hardy and well adapted for extensive production, i.e. good foragers and very active. This makes them well suited for grazing on fields and woods in national parks, etc....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• American White Park
  American White Park
  The American White Park is a large, mostly polled, white breed of cattle. The females have an average weight of roughly 1000 pounds , while the males have an average weight between 1700-1800 pounds ....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Amerifax
  Amerifax
  Amerifax is a breed of beef cattle, developed in the USA in the 1970s. This breed is a combination of Angus and Beef Friesian .-References:...
  
  : (Dairy/beef)
• Anatolian Black
  Anatolian Black
  The Anatolian Black are a breed of cattle from Turkey. The cows are used in dairy production as they can produce up to of milk per year. On small farms, they are primarily used as working animals....
  
   (Dairy/draught)
• Angeln cattle
  Angeln cattle
  Angeln cattle are a breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein where they are first mentioned around 1600. Breed management has been practiced since 1830. Angeln cattle are red in color and were one of the founders of the larger Danish Red Cattle breed. They are noted for the high...
  
   (Dairy)
• Angus Cattle
  Angus cattle
  Angus cattle are a breed of cattle much used in beef production. They were developed from cattle native to the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus in Scotland, and are known as Aberdeen Angus in most parts of the world....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Argentine Criollo
  Argentine Criollo
  The Argentine Criollo is one of the Criollo type cattle found in the Americas. Criollo cattle are descended from the first bovines brought by Christopher Columbus in his travels to America....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Armorican
  Armorican (cattle)
  Armorican cattle are a French breed of cattle. They are a multi-purpose crossbreed developed in Brittany in the late 19th century. They are red pied with short horns.- History :...
  
   {Dairy/beef)
• Arouquesa Cattle
  Arouquesa Cattle
  Arouquesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Arouquesa breed has the protected geographical status of DOC from the European Commission-Description:...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Asturian Mountain
  Asturian Mountain
  Asturian Mountain is a local Spanish breed of cattle used for beef, and possessed of enormous foraging capacity and good maternal ability...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Asturian Valley (Dairy/beef)
• Aubrac cattle
  Aubrac Cattle
  The Aubrac is a very old French breed of cattle used for beef. Tan in color, with long lyre-type horns, Aubracs are a tough breed with high resistance to disease, high longevity and easy calving...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Aulie-Atta (Dairy/beef)
• Aure et Saint-Girons
  Aure et Saint-Girons
  The Aure et Saint-Girons is a French breed of cattle. It is also named casta meaning chestnut because of its colour.-Origin:The breed comes from the south of France, in the middle part of the Pyrenees,and is bred from;...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Avileña(Beef/draught)
• Ayrshire
  Ayrshire cattle
  The Ayrshire cattle is a breed of dairy cattle originated from Ayrshire in Scotland. The average mature Ayrshire cow weighs 1,000-1,300 pounds . Ayrshires have red markings. The red can be an orange to a dark brown, with or without coloured legs. They are known for low somatic cell counts,...
  
  (Dairy/beef)
• Balancer cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Barrosã Cattle
  Barrosã Cattle
  Barrosã is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Barrosã breed has the protected geographical status of DOC from the European Commission....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Beef Freisian (Dairy/beef)
• Belgian Blue
  Belgian Blue
  thumb|right|Belgian Blue bullthumb|right|Belgium Blue cow with the scars from [[caesarean sections]] clearly visible.Belgian Blue cattle are a beef breed from Belgium, known in French as . Alternative names include Belgian Blue-White, Belgian White and Blue Pied, Belgian White Blue, Blue and Blue...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Belgian Red (Beef/draught)
• Berrenda (Beef/draught/sport)
• Betizu (Beef/draught)
• Bianca Val Padana (Dairy/Beef)
• Blonde d'Aquitaine
  Blonde d'Aquitaine
  Blonde d'Aquitaine is a breed of beef cattle originating from the Aquitaine district in south west of France embracing the area of the Garonne valley and the Pyrenees. The breed is a combination of three local strains, the Garonnais, the Quercy, and the Blonde des Pyrenees. Blondes were...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Black Angus (Dairy/beef)
• Blanca Cacereña(Beef/draught)
• Blanco Orejinegro (BON)(Dairy/draught)
• Braunvieh
  Braunvieh
  Braunvieh is a breed of cattle originating from Switzerland. Braunvieh cattle imported to the United States in the 19th century were the origin of the modern, Brown Swiss cattle breed. Since the 1960s, Brown Swiss cattle have been crossed back into the Braunvieh stock of Europe...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• British Friesian (Dairy/beef)
• British White
  British White
  The British White is a naturally polled British cattle breed, white with black or red points, used mainly for beef. It has a confirmed history dating back to the 17th century, and may be derived from similar cattle kept in parks for many centuries before that.-Characteristics:The British White has...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Bue Lingo (Dairy/beef)
• Buša cattle
  Buša cattle
  The Buša cattle is a small native breed of cattle with numerous strains found throughout southern parts of former Yugoslavia .It belongs to the group of the shorthorn cattle and is relatively primordial.-Description:...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Cachena Cattle
  Cachena Cattle
  The Cachena Cattle is a triple purpose cattle breed from Portugal and Spain. In Portugal, it known by the alternative name, Barrosão or Barrosã...
  
  ("Dairy/beef/draught)
• Caldelana (Beef/draught)
• Camargue
  Camargue
  The Camargue is the region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône River delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western one is the Petit Rhône....
  
   (Beef/draught/sport)
• Canadienne
  Canadienne cattle
  Canadienne cattle are a breed of dairy cattle from Canada. They originated in the 16th century, when the hardiest cows and bulls were selected from herds in northern France, and sent to Canada as foundation stock. Canadiennes were the most common breed of domestic cattle in Canada until the late...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Canaria (Beef/draught)
• Caracu
  Caracu
  Caracu is a Brazilian beef cattle breed. Such as Mocho Nacional, the Caracu is a tropical European breed created in Brazil. Its main use is as a crossing to beef cattle. Even so, less than 5% of Brazilian beef cattle is Caracu. The Nelore breed has complete hegemony, over Caracu or any other beef...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Cárdena andaluza (Beef/draught)
• Carinthian Blondvieh
  Carinthian Blondvieh
  The Carinthian Blondvieh is an old cattle breed that is native to Carinthia in Austria.- Characteristics :The Carinthian Blondvieh is typically uniformly white or pale yellow, with a pale mouth, horns, and hooves. Cows weigh to , bulls to . The Blondvieh was once a draft animal as well as a...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Carora
  Carora
  Carora is a town in Lara State, Venezuela, on the Morere River, a branch of the Tocuyo River. It is about 54 miles southwest of Barquisimeto. Carora was founded twice. The first time, in the year 1569 by Juan de Tejo, but due to constant attacks from the indigenous population, it was abandoned,...
  
   (Beef/dairy/draught)
• Chianina
  Chianina
  The Chianina is an Italian breed of cattle, formerly principally a draught breed, now raised mainly for beef. It is the largest and one of the oldest cattle breeds in the world...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Charolais
  Charolais cattle
  Charolais cattle are a beef breed of cattle which originated in Charolais, around Charolles, in France. They are raised for their meat and are known for their composite qualities when crossed with other breeds, most notably Angus and Hereford cattle...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Coloursided White Back or Wiltrik (Dairy/beef)
• Corriente cattle
  Corriente cattle
  Corriente cattle are a breed of cattle descended from Spanish animals brought to the Americas in the late 15th century. They are primarily used today as sport cattle for rodeo events such as team roping and bulldogging...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught/sport)
• Danish Red (Dairy/beef)
• Deep Red Cattle or Brandrode Rund (Dairy/beef)
• Devon (Dairy/beef)
• Dexter
  Dexter cattle
  Dexter cattle are the smallest of the European cattle breeds, being about half the size of a traditional Hereford and about one third the size of a Friesian milking cow. They were considered a rare breed of cattle, until recently, but are now considered a recovering breed by the American Livestock...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Dølafe
  Dølafe
  The Dølafe is a rare breed of cattle.The Dølafe is a small-boned cow with short legs. They are normally horned. It is a multicolored breed, ranging form almost uniformly dark brown to white, brown and black individuals. On average, they weigh approximately 450-500 kilograms ....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Dulong' (Beef/draught)
• Dutch Belted
  Dutch Belted
  The Dutch Belted breed of dairy cattle is, according to records, the only belted breed of cattle tracing back directly to the original belted or "canvassed" cattle which were described in Switzerland and Austria...
  
   or Lakenvelder (Dairy/beef)
• Dutch Friesian or Fries Hollands (Dairy/beef)
• Eastern Finncattle
  Eastern Finncattle
  Eastern Finncattle are a breed of cattle from eastern Finland. They are a dual purpose breed, used in dairy and beef production.Cows produce approximately 4100 kg of milk per lactation, with about 4.4% fat and 3.5% protein....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• English Longhorn (Dairy/beef)
• Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle
  Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle
  Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle are an almost extinct cattle breed from Austria. The name comes from the Ennstal .The small light Ennstal Mountain Pieds originate from Bavarian Whitehead Pied Cattle. Once they were almost totally foxy red before the white spots in their fur increased...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Estonian Red cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Finnish cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Fjäll
  Fjäll cattle
  Fjäll cattle , commonly known as the "Swedish Mountain breed", is a breed of cattle, established in the late 19th century.In 1998, there was estimated to be 1000 breeding cows in Sweden....
  
   or Swedish Mountain cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Fleckvieh
  Fleckvieh cattle
  Fleckvieh cattle started in 1830 when original Simmental Cattle from Switzerland were imported to Bavaria and to Austria to improve the local dual-purpose breeds. At these times, the Simmental cattle were famous for their milk production and draught capacity but were late maturing with little depth...
  
   (Dairy/draught)
• French Simmental
  French Simmental
  -History:The breed originates from Simmental cattle from Switzerland. They were imported to France at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1930, the stud book was opened. The breed was named Eastern red pied. ....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Friesian Red and White or Fries Roodbont Vee (Dairy/beef)
• Galician Blond
  Galician Blond
  The Galician Blond is a breed of cattle native to the region of Galicia in Northern Spain. Also named for its color, its coat varies from cream to golden red....
  
   (Rubia Gallega) (Dairy/beef)
• Galloway cattle
  Galloway cattle
  The Galloway is one of the world's longest established breeds of beef cattle, named after the Galloway region of Scotland, where it originated. It is now found in many parts of the world....
  
   (beef/draught)
• Garvonesa Cattle (Beef/draught)
• Gascon cattle
  Gascon cattle
  Gascon Cattle is a breed of cow. Two different types of this breed of cattle are: à muqueuses noires and aréolé. These were combined in 1955 into a single herdbook, but in 1999 they were once again made two different breeds.-Characteristics:...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Gelbvieh
  Gelbvieh
  Gelbvieh is a dual-purpose cattle breed originating in Bavaria, Germany around the end of the 18th century. The breed is known as the "German Yellow" and "Einfarbiges gelbes Hohenvieh." In spite of the name, the breed is a honey gold to red color, but due to crossbreeding with Angus cattle, a...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Georgian mountain cattle
  Georgian mountain cattle
  Georgian mountain cattle are a local cattle breed from Georgia . Black, black and white or red and white in colour they are a small breed adapted to harsh mountain conditions. The live weight of mature cows is 220–280 kg and that of bulls is 270–370 kg....
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• German Red Pied
  German Red Pied
  The German Red Pied is a breed of cattle from Germany.The development of the breed occurred in several regions in Germany during the 19th century, and in 1934 Meuse-Rhine-Issel blood was introduced. The females average in height and weigh . Bulls average and ....
  
   (German Rotbunte) (Dairy/beef)
• Glan cattle
  Glan Cattle
  Glan Cattle are a traditional cattle breed particularly found in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. At one time they were almost extinct, but today there are about 2,000 animals...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Gloucester
  Gloucester cattle
  Gloucester cattle are a breed of dairy and beef cattle originating from Gloucestershire and surrounding areas in the West Country of England.- Description :...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Greek Shorthorn
  Greek Shorthorn
  The Greek Shorthorn is a rare breed of cattle under extensive husbandry condition in mountain areas of the northwest regions of Greece.Their height is often between 0.97 and 1.14 meters. They have small heads with short and thin horns. The body weight of the males is roughly 300 kilograms...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Groningen White-Headed or Groninger Blaarkop (Dairy/beef)
• Hartón del Valle (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Harz Red mountain cattle
  Harz Red mountain cattle
  Harz Red mountain cattle are a unicoloured red cattle breed from the Harz in Germany. They serve the purposes of providing milk, beef and draught power.-History:...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Highland Cattle
  Highland cattle
  Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun....
  
    (Beef)
• Hinterwald Cattle
  Hinterwald Cattle
  The Hinterwald is an old local breed of cattle from the Black Forest. There is a breed association in Germany and one in Switzerland....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Holando-Argentino
  Holando-Argentino
  Holando-Argentino is a breed of cattle primarily found in Argentina, and derived from Holstein-Friesian Cattle. It was first introduced from the Netherlands in 1880, to the fertile regions of the Pampas, and devoted to the production of both beef and milk....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Hungarian Grey (Beef/draught)
• Illawara: (Dairy/beef)
• Irish Moiled
  Irish Moiled
  The Irish Moiled is a rare cattle breed from Ireland. It is a dual-purpose breed, producing both beef and milk. It originated in County Leitrim, County Sligo, and County Donegal, but the breed is now found throughout in Northern Ireland...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Istoben cattle
  Istoben cattle
  The Istoben cattle was a cattle breed named after the settlement of Istoben where a large creamery was established. They were recognized in 1943....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Jarmelista Cattle
  Jarmelista Cattle
  -Habitat:The breed region is circumscribed exclusively to the Central Portugal in Guarda district....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Jutland cattle
  Jutland cattle
  Jutland cattle are a rare Danish breed of cattle used in both dairy and beef production. Bred from the indigenous cattle of Jutland the breed could be light grey, dark grey or black pied with upward curving horns. The first herdbook published in 1881 had a small dairy type and a larger beef type...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Kalmyk (cattle)
  Kalmyk (cattle)
  Kalmyk cattle are a beef cattle breed originating in Mongolia and northwestern China and taken to southeastern Russia by migrating Kalmyk tribes in the early 17th century. They are now found in central Asia on dry steppe pastures....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Kazakh Whiteheaded (cattle)
  Kazakh Whiteheaded (cattle)
  The Kazakh whiteheaded cattle is a beef cattle breed from Kazakhstan and Russia. The breed was developed between 1930 and 1950 on state farms in the Kazakh republic and the Lower Volga by crossing Hereford cattle with local Kazakh and Kalmyk...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Kerry cattle
  Kerry cattle
  Kerry cattle are a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland. They are believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Europe. Their coat is almost entirely black, with a little white on the udder. The horns are whitish with dark tips...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Kholmogory
  Kholmogory
  Kholmogory is a historic village and the administrative center of Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, along the Kholmogory Highway, 75 km southeast of Arkhangelsk and 90 km north of the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery. The name...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Kostroma Cattle
  Kostroma (cattle)
  Kostroma cattle breed is a Russian cattle breed developed in the first half of the 20th century in the Kostroma Oblast of Russia's Upper Volga region, based mostly oncrossbreeding local improved cattle with Brown Swiss, Allgau cattle and Ayrshire bulls...
  
    (Dairy/beef)
• Kurgan
  Kurgan (cattle)
  The Kurgan cattle breed originates in south-western Siberia and is a composite of Shorthorn, Simmental, German Black Pied Cattle, Bestuzhev, Tagil, Red Steppe, and local cattle....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Latvian Brown
  Latvian Brown
  The Latvian Brown is a cattle breed that began to be formed when Angeln cattle were imported into Latvia to improve the local, low-productive cattle.In 1947 the breed was given a new name - Red-Brown Latvian...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Levantina (Beef/draught)
• Limiana (Beef/draught)
• Limousin (Beef/draught)
• Limpurger: (Dairy/beef)
• Lithunian Red (Dairy/beef)
• Lourdais
  Lourdais
  Lourdais are a French breed of cattle from the Pyrenees. They are creamy white in colour with upward curving horns. Originally a multipurpose breed they are now used for beef.-History:...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Maine Anjou (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Mantequera Leonesa (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Maremmana
  Maremmana
  thumb|A Maremmana cow.The Maremmana is a breed of cattle reared in the Maremma, a prairie region extending in western central Italy from southern Tuscany to northern Lazio, usually in the provinces of Grosseto and Viterbo respectively....
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Marinhoa Cattle
  Marinhoa Cattle
  Marinhoa is a cattle breed from Portugal.A large animal with harmonious forms. Thick elastic and prominent skin; light brown coat, tending to straw; docile temperament; long and flat head; bulky but not large abdomen; long wide and deep back and topsides; muscled members, strong, with good...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Maronesa
  Maronesa
  -Description:*HEAD - Small, dry, well expressive, concave profile, which was more evident due to orbital protrusion of protuberances, a characteristic that also contributes to make: more manifest a certain bottlenecks that focuses on regions of the face and muzzle and extends up the lower end where...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Mashona (Beef/draught)
• Marchigiana
  Marchigiana
  The Marchigiana is a breed of cattle native to Italy. Originating specifically in the Marche region, the Marchigiana is a large breed kept for beef today. Prior to the 1950s it was also bred for draft work as oxen....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Menorquina (Beef/draught)
• Mertolenga Cattle
  Mertolenga Cattle
  Mertolenga is a cattle breed from Portugal, one of thirteen registered Portuguese breeds , making up around 19 per cent of cattle in that country.The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to southern Portugal in the Low Alentejo Region....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Meuse-Rhine-Issel
  Meuse-Rhine-Issel
  The Meuse-Rhine-Issel or Meuse-Rhine-Yssel is a breed of cattle that originated in the Netherlands and Germany. It gets its name from the region in which it was bred - where the three rivers Meuse, Rhine and Issel meet. The breed is known as MRI or MRIJ for short. It was developed in the second...
  
  , Meuse-Rhine-Yssel or Maas-Rijn-IJssel (Dairy/beef)
• Milking Devon
  Milking Devon
  The Milking Devon is a breed of cattle from the United States. Originally derived from British North Devon cattle brought to North America in the 17th century, the two strains have since diverged significantly, and the breed is often called the American Milking Devon to differentiate it from its...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Milking Shorthorn
  Milking Shorthorn
  The Milking Shorthorn or Dairy Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that originated in Great Britain. It developed from the Shorthorn, which itself came from County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire in north eastern England....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Minhota Cattle
  Minhota Cattle
  -Description:CORPULANCE - Median.SKELETON - Strong and well covered with muscles.SKIN - Thick, inelastic, covered with hair straight, short, thick and rough.COAT - More or less reddish, marbled with natural openings....
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Mirandesa cattle
  Mirandesa cattle
  Mirandesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Mirandesa breed has the protected geographical status of DOC from the European Commission-Description:...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Monchina
  Monchina
  The Monchino or Caballo monchino is a breed of horse indigenous to the Valle de Guriezo in the Cantabria region of northern Spain, but extending into neighbouring Biscay province. It is listed in the Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España in the group of autochthonous breeds in danger of...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Mongolian cattle
  Mongolian cattle
  Mongolian cattle are a cattle breed native to Inner Mongolia and northern China. In 1949, Mongolian cattle began to be improved with crossbreeding to European breeds....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Montbeliard Cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Morucha (Beef/draught/fighting)
• Murboden Cattle
  Murboden Cattle
  Murboden Cattle are bred primarily in Carinthia, Styria and Lower Austria in Austria, and in the bordering Slovenia. They are a mountain breed used as beef and milk producers, as well as being draught animals. Hair colour varies from yellowish to light red or grey, with deeper red areas around the...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• N'Dama
  N'Dama
  N'Dama are a breed of cattle from West Africa, of the Bos taurus-type. Other names for them include Boenca or Boyenca , Fouta Jallon, Fouta Longhorn, Fouta Malinke, Futa, Malinke, Mandingo , N'Dama Petite...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Negra Andaluza (Beef/draught)
• Normande Cattle
  Normande Cattle
  Normande cattle are a breed from the Normandy region in North West France. They are claimed to be descended from cattle imported by Viking settlers....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Northern Finncattle
  Northern Finncattle
  Northern Finncattle are a breed of cattle from Finland. They are a dual purpose breed, used in both dairy and beef production. These cattle are usually white with pigmented ears and muzzle, and naturally polled....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Norwegian Red
  Norwegian Red
  Norwegian Red is a breed of dairy cattle developed in Norway. Often shortened to simply NRF, it has a red and white or black coat...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Pajuna (Beef/draught)
• Palmera
  Palmera
  Palmera is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain....
  
   (Beef/draught/sport)
• Parda Alpina (Dairy/Beef)
• Parthenais
  Parthenais
  Parthenais is a beef breed from the Deux-Sèvres départment of western France.-History:The name comes from Parthenay, a town which was an important cattle market during Middle Ages. The golden age of this breed was the second part of 19th century, with the French herdbook being established in 1893,...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Pasiega (Dairy/draught)
• Pembroke cattle
  Pembroke cattle
  Pembroke cattle were a breed of dual-purpose short-legged, hardy, black cattle native to Wales. A society was formed in 1867 to try and improve the breed, and the first register of Pembroke cattle was published in 1874...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Philippine Native cattle (Dairy/draught)
• Pie Rouge des Plaines
  Pie Rouge des Plaines
  Pie Rouge des Plaines is a French breed of dairy cattle. Its name translates as Lowland Red Pied Cattle.-History:This breed was created in 1966 by crossbreeding Armorican with Meuse-Rhine-Issel and German Red Pied cattle. Pie Rouge des Plaines cattle are bred in the north-west part of France, in...
  
   or French Lowland Red Pied (Dairy/beef)
• Piedmontese
  Piedmontese (cattle)
  thumb|230px|A Piedmontese bullThe Piedmontese is a breed of cattle from the region of Piedmont, in north-west Italy. The calves are born fawn in colour, turning grey-white as they mature....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Pineywoods/Florida Cracker
  Pineywoods (cattle)
  Pineywoods cattle are an endangered breed of landrace heritage cattle that are descended from the original Spanish stock left along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama by the Spanish explorers in the early 16th century...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Pinzgauer
  Pinzgau Cattle
  Pinzgauer Cattle are a dual purpose cattle breed from the Pinzgau region of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria. They are distinctively coloured, with chestnut brown sides and white back and underside. They can be naturally polled...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Pirenaica (Beef/draught)
• Polish Red cattle
  Polish Red cattle
  The Polish Red cattle are a breed of cattle that were established in the late 19th century after red cattle from Denmark, Germany and Sweden were used to improve the various local strains of red Polish cattle....
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Preta Cattle
  Preta Cattle
  -Extension:The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to the Southern Portugal in High Alentejo Rigion....
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Qinchaun (Beef/draught)
• Ramo Grande
  Ramo Grande
  -Extension:The breed region is circumscribed exclusively to Authonomous Region of Azores, in Portugal....
  
   (Beef/dairy/draught)
• Randall
  Randall Cattle
  Randall cattle are a rare breed of cattle that originated in Sunderland, Vermont.-Origin:Randall cattle are a rare breed of purebred cattle developed in Sunderland, Vermont, USA, on the farm of Samuel Randall, and later his son, Everett Randall. The Randall family kept a closed herd for over 80 years...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Rätische Grauvieh (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Red Poll
  Red Poll
  The Red Poll is a dual purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century.-Description and uses:The cattle are red, preferably deep red with white only on the tail switch and udder. They are naturally polled...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Red Polled Østland (Dairy/beef)
• Red Angus (Dairy/beef)
• Reina (Dairy/beef)
• Retinta (Beef/draught)
• Romagnola cattle (Beef/draught)
• Russian Black Pied
  Russian Black Pied
  The Russian Black Pied is a cattle breed that was developed from crossing the local cattle in various areas with the Dutch Black Pied and East Friesian breeds. By the beginning of 1980, the number of Black Pied cattle in Russia was roughly 16.5 million. They are the second most common breed in the...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Sahiwal
  Sahiwal
  Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Salers
  Salers (cattle)
  thumb|250px|right|Salers cattleThe Salers is a breed of cattle which originated in Cantal in the Massif Central of France.They are a large breed of cattle, with the female weighing in at between 700 and 750 kg and standing 1.40 metres tall. They have a thick mahogany red or black coat, and...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Shetland cattle
  Shetland cattle
  Shetland cattle are a small, hardy cattle breed from the Shetland Isles off the north coast of Scotland. Shetland cattle possess their characteristic genetic qualities of thriftiness, productivity and hardiness, through adaptation and survival in one of the United Kingdom's most rigorous environments...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Shorthorn
  Shorthorn
  The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century. The breed was developed as dual purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production; however there were always certain blood lines within the breed which emphasised one quality or the other...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Simmental
  Simmental Cattle
  Simmental cattle are a versatile breed of cattle originating in the valley of the Simme river, in the Bernese Oberland of western Switzerland.-European origin:...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• South Devon
  South Devon cattle
  South Devon cattle, also known as Orange Elephants, are the largest of the British Native breeds. They are believed to have descended from the large red cattle of Normandy which were imported during the Norman invasion of England. The breed is a rich, medium red with copper tints, though it varies...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Swedish Red-and-White (Dairy/beef)
• Swedish Red Poll (Dairy/beef)
• Tarentaise
  Tarentaise cattle
  Tarentaise cattle descend from the domestic cattle of the Tarentaise valley in France where they were isolated from other breeds for many thousands of years. The cattle adapted in such a way as to allow them to exist in high altitudes and be able to range in very steep and rough terrain to forage...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Telemark cattle
  Telemark cattle
  -Characteristics:Telemark cattle are red, with a white colour on the back in the shape of a cross. Sometimes, cows are also white on the underside. The face is usually mixed in colour. Most Telemark colour have horns. The Telemark is primarily a milking breed, and does not grow very large. Animals...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Toro de Lidia / Touro de Lide / Brava Cattle (Beef/sport)
• Tswana cattle (Dairy/beef)
• Tudanca (Dairy/draught)
• Tuli
  Tuli (cattle)
  Tuli is the name of a beef cattle breed that originated from Zimbabwe. It is a form of Sanga cattle closely related to the Tswana breed from Botswana. Tuli cattle have a small thoraco-cervical hump and are uni-coloured: yellow, golden-brown or red...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Turkish Grey Steppe cattle (Beef/draught)
• Tyrolese Grey Cattle
  Tyrolese Grey Cattle
  The Tyrolese Grey Cattle is a typical alpine cattle breed from Tyrol in Austria and South Tyrol in Italy. It's a dual purpose breed with a very good milk and beef performance.The females are grown up with three years and reach a weight of 550 – 600 kg...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Vaca Toposa or Vaquilla (sport)
• Vestland Fjord (Dairy/beef)
• Vorderwald Cattle
  Vorderwald Cattle
  Vorderwald Cattle are a dual purpose cattle breed adapted,like the related Hinterwald cattle breed, to the rough mountain conditions of the Black Forest in Germany.-Characteristics:...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Vosges
  Vosges
  Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Wagyū
  Wagyu
  refers to several breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat. The meat from wagyu cattle is known worldwide for its marbling characteristics, increased eating quality through a naturally enhanced flavor, tenderness...
  
   (Beef/draught)
• Western Finncattle
  Western Finncattle
  Western Finncattle are a breed of cattle from western Finland. They are a duel purpose breed, used in dairy and beef production. These cattle are usually red and polled .Cows produce approximately 6100 kg of milk with 4.4% fat and 3.5% protein....
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Western Red Polled (Dairy/beef)
• White Cáceres (Beef/draught)
• White Park
  White Park
  The White Park is a rare breed of horned cattle with ancient herds preserved in Great Britain.-Description:...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Yanbian cattle
  Yanbian cattle
  Yanbian cattle are a breed of cattle that are mainly distributed in the north agriculture area of China. They are also found in other provinces of the northeast, such as Heilongjiang Province, and in Liaoning Province in the south, where Korean minorities dwell....
  
   (Beef/draught)

Zebu (Bos indicus)

• Ankole-Watusi (Dairy/beef/draught/show)
• African Boran(Beef/pets)
• Brahman (cattle)
  Brahman (cattle)
  The Brahman or Brahma is a breed of Zebu cattle , later exported from India to the rest of the world. The main breeds used were Kankrej, Gujurat, Nelore or Ongole and the Gir or Gyr cattle...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Dajal (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Dhanni (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Fulani Sudanese (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Gir
  Gir cattle
  The Gir or Gyr is one of the principal Zebu breeds originating in India. It has been used locally in the improvement of other breeds including the Red Sindhi and the Sahiwal. It was also one of the breeds used in the development of the Brahman breed in North America...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Gobra (Beef/draught)
• Gudali (Dairy/draught)
• Guzerat(Beef/draught)
• Halikar (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Hariana
  Hariana
  Hariana is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab.Hariana is named after Guru Hari Sen; the guru of the singer Tansen. It was a famous music gharana once. Gujjar Mal Vasudev raagi & Pandit Telu Ram were singers & residents of hariana...
  
   (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Horro (Beef/draught)
• Kangayam (Beef/draught)
• Kankrej (Beef/draught)
• Krishna Valley cattle (Dairy/beef;/draught)
• Lohani cattle (Beef/draught)
• Madagascar Zebu (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Masai cattle (Beef/draught)
• Nelore cattle (Beef/draught)
• Ongole cattle (Beef/draught)
• Rath (Dairy/draught/beef)
• Rathi
  Rathi
  Rathi, Rathee or Rath is a gotra of mainly Gujjars, Jats, Yaduvanshi Ahirs and Rajputs found in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and parts of Madhya Pradesh, India and in Pakistan, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Kasur, Shakr Garh, Narowal. In earlier times Rathis...
  
   (Dairy/draught/beef)
• Red Sindhi (Dairy/beef)
• Rohjan (Beef/draught)
• Tharparkar (Dairy/draught)
• Vianesa (Dairy/beef)

Hybrids

• Afrikaner/Afrikander
  Afrikaner cattle
  Afrikaner cattle are a hardy breed of beef cattle which are popular in South Africa. In Afrikaans, this breed is called Afrikanerbees.The Afrikaner is a native South African breed, belonging to the Sanga type...
  
   (Dairy/beef)
• Brahmousin: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
• Costeño con Cuernos: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
• Hybridmaster
  Hybridmaster
  The Hybridmaster is a breed of cattle. The genetic makeup of Hybridmaster cattle is approximately 50% Angus, 25% Brown Swiss, 6.25% Brahman, 6.25% Simmental, 6.25% Gaur, and 6.25% Bison....
  
  : Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Israeli Red: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Jamaica Black: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Karan Swiss: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Madura cattle
  Madura cattle
  Madura cattle are a stable, inbred hybrid of Zebu and Banteng . They originated on the island of Madura near northeastern Java, where the original cattle population was Banteng, very similar to Bali cattle. Sinhala cattle, a Zebu breed from Sri Lanka, were introduced more than 1500 years ago, and...
  
  : Banteng
  Banteng
  The banteng , also known as tembadau, is a species of wild cattle found in Southeast Asia.Banteng have been domesticated in several places in Southeast Asia, and there are around 1.5 million domestic banteng, which are called Bali cattle. These animals are used as working animals and for their meat...
  
  /Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught/racing)
• Nguni
  Nguni cattle
  The Nguni cattle breed is indigenous to southern Africa. A hybrid of indigenous and Indian cattle they were introduced by the Bantu tribes of southern Africa from the north of the continent...
  
  : Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Sanhe: Taurine/"Mongolian-type" hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught)
• Selembu
  Selembu
  Selembu is a dual purpose dairy and beef breed of cattle. It is the result of gaur/zebu hybridisation. The name is a hybrid from Malay name of Seladang and Lembu .-External links:...
  
  : Cattle/gayal
  Gayal
  Gayal or mithun is the domestic gaur, probably a gaur-cattle hybrid breed.-Taxonomy:In his first description of 1804, Aylmer Bourke Lambert applied the binomial Bos frontalis to a domestic specimen probably from Chittagong....
  
   hybrid (Dairy/beef)
• Siboney: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
• Xingjiang Brown: Taurine/"Mongolian-type" hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught)

Used for dairy

These breeds are primarily used for their milk, in the production of dairy

Dairy

A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting of animal milk—mostly from cows or goats, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on a dedicated dairy farm or section of a multi-purpose farm that is concerned...

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Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

• Abigar
  Abigar
  Abigar are a breed of cattle found in Eastern Africa. Although primarily dairy cattle, they are also slaughtered for their beef.Cows produce approximately 750 kg of milk per lactation....
  
  
• Agerolese
  Agerolese
  Agerolese are a breed of dairy cattle from Agerola, Italy. Milk produced by these cattle is used in the production of Italian cheeses, such as Fior de Latte and Provolone del Monaco....
  
  
• Alderney
  Alderney cattle
  The Alderney was a breed of dairy cattle originating from the British Channel Island of Alderney, though no longer found on the island. The pure breed is now extinct, though hybrids still exist.-Description:...
  
  
• Angeln
  Angeln cattle
  Angeln cattle are a breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein where they are first mentioned around 1600. Breed management has been practiced since 1830. Angeln cattle are red in color and were one of the founders of the larger Danish Red Cattle breed. They are noted for the high...
  
  
• Aulie-Ata
  Aulie-Ata Cattle
  Aulie-Ata is a breed of dairy cattle, developed in the town of Aulie-Ata in Kazakhstan, in late 19th early 20th century by breeding local Kazakh cattle with Dutch Black Pied Cattle. Planned breeding began in 1935 and the new breed was officially recognised in 1950. On average, Aulie-Ata cows...
  
  
• Ayrshire
  Ayrshire cattle
  The Ayrshire cattle is a breed of dairy cattle originated from Ayrshire in Scotland. The average mature Ayrshire cow weighs 1,000-1,300 pounds . Ayrshires have red markings. The red can be an orange to a dark brown, with or without coloured legs. They are known for low somatic cell counts,...
  
  
• Belgian Red Cattle
  Belgian Red Cattle
  The cattle breed Belgian Red is a breed from Flanders in Belgium. The breed is in danger of extinction.- Characteristics :The animals are unicoloured red with potentially a few white spots on head, chest, abdomen and legs....
  
  
• Blaarkop
  Blaarkop
  Blaarkop is a breed of dairy cattle. Blaarkop is Dutch for blister head. Its main breeding area is in Groningen , Netherlands....
  
  
• Black Pied Dairy Cattle
  Black Pied Dairy Cattle
  The Black Pied Dairy Cattle were a cattle breed of the GDR, created through combination breeding.In 1963, Professor Schönmuth suggested this way: Jersey bulls from Denmark are crossed with German Black Pied cows...
  
  
• Brown Swiss
  Brown Swiss
  Brown Swiss is a breed of dairy cattle that produces the second largest quantity of milk per annum, over . The milk contains on average 4% butterfat and 3.5% protein, making their milk excellent for production of cheese. The Brown Swiss is known for a long gestation period, immense size, large...
  
  
• Burlina
  Burlina cow
  The Burlina cow breed is principally found in pre-alpine regions of north-east Italy including the Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regions. It is used principally in the production of milk.- Principal Characteristics :...
  
  
• Chinese black pied
  Chinese black pied
  The Chinese black pied is a breed of dairy cattle, developed in China. It is a purpose bred combination of dairy breeds from around the world. Cows average approximately of milk per lactation.-References:*...
  
  
• Danish Jersey
  Danish Jersey
  The Danish Jersey is a breed of cattle developed in Denmark. It is based upon imported Jersey cattle....
  
   (Dairy)
• Danish Red
  Danish Red Cattle
  Danish Red cattle, also known as Red Danish or Red Dane, are a major dairy cattle breed in northern Europe.The breed was developed in Denmark based on local breeds bred with Angeln cattle from Angeln, Schleswig...
  
   and variants
• Dutch Belted
  Dutch Belted
  The Dutch Belted breed of dairy cattle is, according to records, the only belted breed of cattle tracing back directly to the original belted or "canvassed" cattle which were described in Switzerland and Austria...
  
   (Lakenvelder)
• East Anatolian Red
• Évolène Cattle
  Évolène Cattle
  Évolène Cattle are an old breed of dairy cattle from the Valais canton of Switzerland. It is an endangered cattle breed.- Characteristics :The Évolène is a medium sized, black pied or red pied breed, used more for beef production than milk production. Similar to the Herens, the Évolènes have a milk...
  
  
• German Black Pied Cattle
  German Black Pied Cattle
  German Black Pied Cattle are a breed of dairy cattle that originated in the North Sea coast regions of northern Germany and the Netherlands.Until the 18th century cattle of diverse colours were bred in these regions. After 1750 the black pied coloured type was dominant...
  
  
• Groningen
• Guernsey
  Guernsey cattle
  The Guernsey is a breed of cattle used in dairy farming. It is fawn and white in colour, and is particularly renowned for the rich flavour of its milk, as well as its hardiness and docile disposition.-Milk:...
  
  
• Holstein
• Red Holstein
• Icelandic
  Icelandic cattle
  Icelandic cattle are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle originally came to Iceland with settlers around 1000 AD. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed. Icelandic cows have been genetically isolated for centuries, but are most closely related to a breed in Norway called...
  
  
• Illawarra cattle
  Illawarra cattle
  The Illawarra cattle breed was started by Australian dairymen who improved their herd by introducing the bloodlines of superior cattle from a number of dairy breeds, especially the Ayrshire, Devon and Milking Shorthorn...
  
  
• Israeli Holstein
• Jersey
  Jersey cattle
  Purple cattle, or Jerseys, , are a breed of small dairy cattle. Originally bred in the Channel Island of Jersey, the breed is popular for the high butterfat content of its milk and the lower maintenance costs attending its lower bodyweight, as well as its genial disposition...
  
  
• Kerry cattle
  Kerry cattle
  Kerry cattle are a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland. They are believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Europe. Their coat is almost entirely black, with a little white on the udder. The horns are whitish with dark tips...
  
  
• Lineback
  Lineback cattle
  Lineback cattle is a dual breed of cattle, derived from the Holstein breed, and to whom the Randall cattle bear a strong resemblance. While not a commonplace breed, they are found in small numbers as "productive pets" amid larger numbers of other dairy cattle breeds on dairy farms throughout North...
  
  
• Milking Shorthorn
  Milking Shorthorn
  The Milking Shorthorn or Dairy Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that originated in Great Britain. It developed from the Shorthorn, which itself came from County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire in north eastern England....
  
  
• Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle
  Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle
  Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle are an old, robust dairy breed from Upper Bavaria, the southernmost part of Germany.The animals are brown-yellow, but there are great colour variations from straw-yellow to reddish brown. Hooves and horn tips are black. There is a white rim around a dark muzzle. They are...
  
  
• Northern Shorthorn
• Swedish Freisan
• Swedish Red Cattle
  Swedish Red Cattle
  Swedish Red Cattle, also called Swedish Red-and-White Cattle, are a dairy cattle breed from Sweden that originated from English Milking Shorthorn dairy cattle and Scottish Ayrshire cattle. They are a robust and resilient, well known for their calving ease, fertility, udder health, and longevity...
  
  
• Ringamåla Cattle
  Ringamåla Cattle
  Ringamåla Cattle is a breed of dairy cattle found primarily in southern Sweden.The Ringamåla cattle are an old Swedish farm breed originating in the village of Ringamåla in the southern Swedish county of Blekinge. They are descended from Swedish Red Cattle and Ayrshire cattle.Ringamåla cattle have...
  
  
• Tux Cattle
  Tux Cattle
  Tux Cattle are a rare cattle breed native to the Alpine region of Europe. It is one of the older, endangered cattle breeds. Tux is a village in the Tux Valley in Tyrol in Austria.- Characteristics :...
  
  

Zebu (Bos indicus)

• Achham
  Achham (cattle)
  Achham cattle are a breed of zebu cattle found in the Achham region of Nepal. Achham cattle are a small breed less than 1 meter in height at the withers....
  
  
• Butana
  Butana and Kenana cattle
  Butana and Kenana breeds are part of the shorthorned Zebu group of breeds of eastern Africa. What makes them unusual is that they are dairy breeds, unlike other breeds like the Boran, Baggara, Fung, etc. The Butana breed is found to the east of Khartoum in central Sudan, in the Butana region...
  
   and Kenana
• Red Sindhi
  Red Sindhi cattle
  Red Sindhi cattle are the most popular of all Zebu dairy breeds. The breed originated in the Sindh province of Pakistan, they are widely kept for milk production across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and other countries...
  
  
• Sahiwal
  Sahiwal cattle
  Sahiwal is a breed of Zebu cattle which primarily is used in dairy production. Sahiwal originated from the Sahiwal district of Pakistan, a dry region of Punjab which lies along the Indian-Pakistani border....
  
  
• Vechoor cow
  Vechur cow
  The Vechur cow is a rare breed of Bos indicus cattle named after the village of Vechur in Kottayam district, Kerala, India...
  
  

Hybrids

• Australian Friesian Sahiwal
  Australian Friesian Sahiwal
  The Australian Friesian Sahiwal is an Australian breed of dairy cattle whose development commenced in the 1960s by the Queensland Government. It is a combination of the Sahiwal, a dairy breed of from Pakistan and Holstein breeds, designed for the tropical regions of Australia...
  
  
• Australian Milking Zebu
  Australian Milking Zebu
  The Australian Milking Zebu is a composite breed of dairy cattle, developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia during the mid 1950s. To develop the breed, the CSIRO bred Sahiwal and Red Sindhi cattle from Pakistan with Jersey cattle. Some Illawarra,...
  
  
• Jamaica Hope
  Jamaica Hope
  Jamaica Hope is a dairy breed of cattle originating from Hope Farm in Jamaica. The breeding started in 1910, and was an attempt to develop an animal that was adjusted to the climate of the island...
  
  

Used for beef

These breeds are primarily used for their flesh, in the production of beef

Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...

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Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

• Alberes
• Angus
  Angus cattle
  Angus cattle are a breed of cattle much used in beef production. They were developed from cattle native to the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus in Scotland, and are known as Aberdeen Angus in most parts of the world....
  
  
• Aubrac cattle
  Aubrac Cattle
  The Aubrac is a very old French breed of cattle used for beef. Tan in color, with long lyre-type horns, Aubracs are a tough breed with high resistance to disease, high longevity and easy calving...
  
  
• Asturian Mountain
  Asturian Mountain
  Asturian Mountain is a local Spanish breed of cattle used for beef, and possessed of enormous foraging capacity and good maternal ability...
  
  
• Australian Lowline
  Lowline cattle
  Lowline cattle are a breed of small, polled beef cattle which were developed by breeders in Australia from black Aberdeen Angus cattle. They are small without having a specific dwarfing gene...
  
  
• Belgian Blue
  Belgian Blue
  thumb|right|Belgian Blue bullthumb|right|Belgium Blue cow with the scars from [[caesarean sections]] clearly visible.Belgian Blue cattle are a beef breed from Belgium, known in French as . Alternative names include Belgian Blue-White, Belgian White and Blue Pied, Belgian White Blue, Blue and Blue...
  
  
• Belgian Red
• Belted Galloway
  Belted Galloway
  The Belted Galloway is a rare beef breed of cattle originating from Galloway in South West Scotland, adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorlands of the region...
  
  
• Bazadais
  Bazadais
  The Bazadais is a French breed of beef cattle.-History:This breed comes from ancient cattle bred in Bazas, a little town in the south of Bordeaux. It is probably related to Limousin or Blonde d'Aquitaine.-Morphology:...
  
  
• Bianca Val Padana o Modenese
• Black Baldy
  Black Baldy
  Black Baldy is a type of crossbred beef cattle produced by crossing Hereford cattle with a solid black breed, usually Aberdeen Angus. Angus bulls are also used on Hereford heifers in an attempt to produce smaller calves and reduce dystocia. The term is particularly used in Australia and New Zealand...
  
  
• Black Hereford (breed)
  Black Hereford (breed)
  The Black Hereford is a beef cattle breed, derived mainly from Hereford cattle , but with some mixture from black Angus cattle, resulting in black cattle with a white head and finching.-Characteristics:...
  
  
• Black Hereford (hybrid)
• Blonde d'Aquitaine
  Blonde d'Aquitaine
  Blonde d'Aquitaine is a breed of beef cattle originating from the Aquitaine district in south west of France embracing the area of the Garonne valley and the Pyrenees. The breed is a combination of three local strains, the Garonnais, the Quercy, and the Blonde des Pyrenees. Blondes were...
  
  
• Blue Albion
• Blue Grey
  Blue Grey
  Blue Grey is a type of beef cattle popular in Scotland and the north of England.It is traditionally produced by crossing a whitebred shorthorn bull with black Galloway cows...
  
  
• Braunvieh
  Braunvieh
  Braunvieh is a breed of cattle originating from Switzerland. Braunvieh cattle imported to the United States in the 19th century were the origin of the modern, Brown Swiss cattle breed. Since the 1960s, Brown Swiss cattle have been crossed back into the Braunvieh stock of Europe...
  
  
• British White
  British White
  The British White is a naturally polled British cattle breed, white with black or red points, used mainly for beef. It has a confirmed history dating back to the 17th century, and may be derived from similar cattle kept in parks for many centuries before that.-Characteristics:The British White has...
  
  
• BueLingo
  BueLingo
  The BueLingo breed of beef cattle was developed in Ransom County, North Dakota, on the Bueling Ranch, by Russell Bueling and R. B. Danielson of the Animal Science Department of the North Dakota State University at Fargo. It is similar in appearance to the Dutch Belted breed of dairy...
  
  
• Canadian Speckle Park
  Canadian Speckle Park
  The Canadian Speckle Park is a breed of cattle native to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is one of only a few beef cattle breeds developed in Canada...
  
  
• Charolais
  Charolais cattle
  Charolais cattle are a beef breed of cattle which originated in Charolais, around Charolles, in France. They are raised for their meat and are known for their composite qualities when crossed with other breeds, most notably Angus and Hereford cattle...
  
  
• Chiangus
• Chianina
  Chianina
  The Chianina is an Italian breed of cattle, formerly principally a draught breed, now raised mainly for beef. It is the largest and one of the oldest cattle breeds in the world...
  
  
• English Longhorn
• Florida Cracker
  Florida Cracker cattle
  The Florida Cracker is a breed of cattle developed in the state of Florida, and named for the Florida Cracker culture in which it was kept. Also known as the Florida Scrub or just as the Cracker cow, these cattle are one of the criollo-type breeds originally brought to the Southern U.S. by the...
  
  
• Galloway
• German Angus Cattle
  German Angus Cattle
  The German Angus breed is a beef cattle breed that was bred in the 1950s in Germany by crossing Aberdeen Angus with different native German cattle breeds like German Black Pied Cattle, Gelbvieh, and Fleckvieh. The new breed is bigger and heavier than the original breed and has higher weight...
  
  
• Glan Cattle
  Glan Cattle
  Glan Cattle are a traditional cattle breed particularly found in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. At one time they were almost extinct, but today there are about 2,000 animals...
  
  
• Greek Steppe cattle
• Hays Converter
  Hays Converter
  The Hays Converter is a breed of cattle native to Canada. Named for Harry Hays, the agriculturalist and politician who developed the breed, it was the first pure breed of cattle created in Canada...
  
  
• Hereford
  Hereford (cattle)
  Hereford cattle are a beef cattle breed, widely used both in intemperate areas and temperate areas, mainly for meat production.Originally from Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, more than five million pedigree Hereford Cattle now exist in over 50 countries...
  
  
• Highland Cattle
  Highland cattle
  Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun....
  
  
• Hungarian Grey Cattle
  Hungarian Grey Cattle
  Hungarian Grey Cattle or Hungarian Steppe Cattle are an old beef cattle breed from Hungary....
  
  
• Improved Red and White or Verbeterd Roodbont Vleesras
• Limousin
  Limousin (cattle)
  Limousin cattle are a breed of highly muscled beef cattle originating from the Limousin and Marche regions of France. The breed is known as Limousine in France. Limousins were first exported from France in significant numbers in the 1960s and are now present in about 70 countries...
  
  
• Lincoln Red
  Lincoln Red
  The Lincoln Red is an old breed of beef cattle, originating from Lincolnshire in eastern England. They were selectively bred from the indigenous draught cattle of the region by crossing with the Durham type Shorthorn to produce a dual purpose breed. They are now exclusively a beef breed.Lincoln Red...
  
  
• Luing
  Luing cattle
  Luing cattle are a beef breed developed on the island of Luing in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland by the Cadzow brothers; Ralph, Denis and Shane, after 1947. It was formed by breeding first cross Beef Shorthorn/Highland heifers to a Beef Shorthorn bull. The breed of red-brown cattle are moderately...
  
  
• Maine-Anjou cattle
  Maine-Anjou cattle
  The Maine-Anjou is a breed of cattle originating in the Anjou region in West France. It was created by the Viscount Olivier de Rougé in 1908 in Chenillé-Changé. It is primarily raised for beef production. Maine-Anjou are red and white and have horns...
  
  
• Devon cattle (North Devon, Devon Ruby, Red Ruby)
• Murray Grey
  Murray Grey
  Murray Grey is a breed of Australian polled beef cattle that was developed in the upper Murray River valley on the New South Wales /Victorian border...
  
  
• Pineywoods
  Pineywoods (cattle)
  Pineywoods cattle are an endangered breed of landrace heritage cattle that are descended from the original Spanish stock left along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama by the Spanish explorers in the early 16th century...
  
  
• Polled Hereford
• Polled Shorthorn
• Pustertal Pied Cattle
  Pustertal Pied Cattle
  Pustertal Pied Cattle are a rare cattle breed from the Pustertal in the Italian province of South Tyrol.-Origin:...
  
  
• Queensland Miniature Borans
• Red Angus
  Red Angus
  Red Angus is a red coloured breed of beef cattle selected from the population of Aberdeen Angus cattle.-Origin:Although the black was more fashionable the recessive red gene still produced some red animals. From the founding of the Aberdeen Angus herd book in 1862 red and black animals have been...
  
  
• Red Poll
  Red Poll
  The Red Poll is a dual purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century.-Description and uses:The cattle are red, preferably deep red with white only on the tail switch and udder. They are naturally polled...
  
  
• Riggit Galloway
• Romagnola
  Romagnola
  Romagnola are a breed of beef cattle from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. They are bred primarily for beef production and were often used as draught beasts in the past. They are white or grey coated with a black pigmented skin and have upward curving horns. Calves are born red coated but soon...
  
  
• RX3
• Salorn
• Simford (Australian)
• Shorthorn
  Shorthorn
  The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century. The breed was developed as dual purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production; however there were always certain blood lines within the breed which emphasised one quality or the other...
  
  
• South Devon
  South Devon cattle
  South Devon cattle, also known as Orange Elephants, are the largest of the British Native breeds. They are believed to have descended from the large red cattle of Normandy which were imported during the Norman invasion of England. The breed is a rich, medium red with copper tints, though it varies...
  
  
• Speckle Park cattle
• Square Meater
  Square Meater
  The Square Meater is an Australian breed of small, polled cattle which were developed by Rick Pisaturo of Mandalong Park near Sydney, New South Wales in the early 1990s from a base of Murray Grey genetics...
  
  
• Sussex cattle
  Sussex cattle
  Sussex cattle are a red breed of beef cattle from the Weald of Sussex, Surrey and Kent in south eastern England. Descended from the draught oxen long used on the Weald they were selectively bred from the late 18th century to form a modern beef breed which is now used in many countries around the...
  
  
• Tasmanian Grey
  Tasmanian Grey
  The Tasmanian Grey is a polled beef breed of silver grey, grey or dun cattle developed in Tasmania, Australia, in the 1930s.Bill Reed of Parknook crossed an Angus bull with a white Shorthorn milking cow that produced grey offspring...
  
  
• Texas Longhorn
  Texas longhorn (cattle)
  The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows, and tip to tip for bulls. Horns can have a slight upward turn at their tips or even triple twist. Texas Longhorns are known for their diverse coloring...
  
  
• Texon
• Vaynol cattle
• Wagyū
  Wagyu
  refers to several breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat. The meat from wagyu cattle is known worldwide for its marbling characteristics, increased eating quality through a naturally enhanced flavor, tenderness...
  
  
• Welsh Black
  Welsh Black
  The Welsh Black is a dual-purpose breed of cattle native to Wales.-History:Commercial exploitation of the breed meant that drovers would herd them to English markets. Herds from south west Wales travelled towards Hereford and Gloucester up the Tywi Valley to Llandovery. Herds from South...
  
  
• Whitebred Shorthorn
  Whitebred Shorthorn
  Whitebred Shorthorn is a British type of beef cattle originating in north west England and south west Scotland. It is derived from Shorthorn cattle, but is always white, rather than being the range of colours found in other Shorthorns...
  
  
• White Park
  White Park
  The White Park is a rare breed of horned cattle with ancient herds preserved in Great Britain.-Description:...
  
  

Zebu (Bos indicus)

• Boran
  Boran cattle
  Boran cattle are a popular beef breed in eastern Africa. They were developed in Kenya from the native shorthorned Zebu cattle of the Borana people of southern Ethiopia. They are usually white, with the bulls being darker...
  
  
• Brahman
  Brahman (cattle)
  The Brahman or Brahma is a breed of Zebu cattle , later exported from India to the rest of the world. The main breeds used were Kankrej, Gujurat, Nelore or Ongole and the Gir or Gyr cattle...
  
  
• Indo-Brazilian
  Indo-Brazilian
  Indo-Brazilian cattle are a Zebu beef breed developed in Brazil from Gir, Kankrej and Ongole cattle brought from India. While this is nearly the same mixture which produced the American Brahman, the two breeds differ in appearance, with the Indo-Brazilian having much longer ears which hang down...
  
  
• Nelore
  Nelore
  Nelore or Nellore beef cattle originated from Ongole cattle originally brought to Brazil from India. They are named for the district of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. The Nelore has a distinct large hump over the top of the shoulder and neck. They have long legs which help them to walk in water and...
  
  
• Nguni cattle
  Nguni cattle
  The Nguni cattle breed is indigenous to southern Africa. A hybrid of indigenous and Indian cattle they were introduced by the Bantu tribes of southern Africa from the north of the continent...
  
  
• Ponwar
• Red Fulani
• White Fulani
  White Fulani cattle
  White Fulani cattle are an important beef breed of cattle throughout the area conquered by the Fulani people and beyond in the Sahel zone of Africa. They are mostly Zebu but of Sanga cattle origin. Characterized by high lyre shaped horns, they have either thoracic humps like the Zebu or humps...
  
  

Hybrids

• Adaptaur
  Adaptaur
  The Adaptaur is a tropically-adapted Bos taurus beef cattle breed which was developed in Australia in the 1950s from crosses between Herefords and Shorthorns.-History:...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Africangus
  Africangus
  Africangus is a breed of beef cattle that originated in the USA in the 1950s. This breed is a composite of Africander and Aberdeen Angus ....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Afrikaner
  Afrikaner cattle
  Afrikaner cattle are a hardy breed of beef cattle which are popular in South Africa. In Afrikaans, this breed is called Afrikanerbees.The Afrikaner is a native South African breed, belonging to the Sanga type...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• American cattle: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Amerifax
  Amerifax
  Amerifax is a breed of beef cattle, developed in the USA in the 1970s. This breed is a combination of Angus and Beef Friesian .-References:...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Australian Braford
  Australian Braford
  The Australian Braford is a breed of beef cattle, developed in Queensland between 1946 and 1952 in a program to produce cattle that were resistant to cattle ticks and tolerated the heat better than some other breeds....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Australian Brangus
  Australian Brangus
  Australian Brangus are a polled breed of beef cattle, developed in the tropical coastal areas of Queensland, Australia by crossbreeding Brahman and Angus cattle during the 1950s.-History:...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Australian Charbray
  Australian Charbray
  The Australian Charbray is a beef breed of cattle that is the result of the blending of two breeds, the Charolais and the Brahman. The Australian Charbray is within the range of 75% and 25% Charolais and Brahman, either way...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Balancer
  Balancer
  Balancer are a hybrid breed of beef cattle, a combination of Gelbvieh and Angus. These cattle are bred for their hybrid vigour, resulting in a higher growth rate and better quality meat....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Barzona
  Barzona
  The Barzona are a breed of beef cattle, developed in the United States. They are, in approximately equal proportions, a combination of Africander, Hereford, Beef Shorthorn and Angus. They have been bred to be especially hardy, having good heat, insect and disease tolerance. The Barzona was...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Belmont Red
  Belmont Red
  Belmont Red is a breed of beef cattle developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation during 1954 in response to the need in the Australian Tropics for cattle which would improve the fertility of Bos indicus cattle...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Beefmaker: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Beefalo
  Beefalo
  Beefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American bison, Bison bison...
  
  : cattle/American Bison
  American Bison
  The American bison , also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds...
  
   hybrid
• Beefmaster
  Beefmaster
  Beefmaster is a breed of beef cattle that was developed in the early 1930s by Tom Lasater from a crossing of Hereford and Shorthorn cattle with Brahman stock. The exact mixture of the foundation cattle is unknown, but is thought to be about 25% Hereford, 25% Shorthorn and 50% Brahman. It was the...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Bonsmara
  Bonsmara
  The Bonsmara is a cross breed of cattle known for its high quality beef. Originating in South Africa as a scientific experiment of professor Jan Bonsma, the Bonsmara was created after many criss-cross matings consisting of 5/8 Afrikaner , 3/16 Hereford and 3/16 Shorthorn animals .-External...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Brahmousin: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Braford
  Braford
  The Braford is a cross between a Hereford bull and a Brahman cow. Conversely, it can also be a cross between a Brahman bull and a Hereford cow. The make up of the Braford is 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Hereford. Even though a true Braford meets those standards, 1/2 Brahman and 1/2 Hereford cross are...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Brangus
  Brangus
  A Brangus is a hardy and popular breed of beef cattle, a cross between an Angus and a Brahman. An animal eligible for registration as a Brangus cattle is 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman. -History:...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Canchim
  Canchim
  The Canchim breed is a breed of beef cattle developed in Central Brazil by crossing European Charolais cattle with Indubrazil cattle already kept in Brazil where Asian Zebu type cattle are best suited to the tropical conditions. When compared with Zebu bulls, Canchim bulls produce the same number...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Charbray: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Droughtmaster
  Droughtmaster
  The Droughtmaster is a tropical breed of beef cattle developed in North Queensland by several cattlemen from crossing Brahman and British breed cattle, principally the Beef Shorthorn during the early 1900s....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Gelbray: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Greyman Cattle
  Greyman Cattle
  Greyman are an Australian breed of beef cattle developed in Queensland in the 1970s, specifically to suit the Queensland environment, by combining the outstanding genetic characteristics of both the Murray Grey and Brahman breeds....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Jamaica Red: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Mandalong Special: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Red Fulani
  Red Fulani cattle
  Red Fulani cattle are found from Mali across Niger and northern Nigeria to Chad and Cameroon.-Characteristics:They are reddish-brown in colour with long lyre shaped horns, and of the Sanga type, intermediate between Zebu and humpless cattle, with cervico-thoracic humps, though they appear more Zebu...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Red Brangus:Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Romosinuano
  Romosinuano cattle
  The Romosinuano is a breed of cattle native to Colombia. Its name derives from the fact that the breed is polled and that it originated from the Sinú River valley . Romosinunao are a criollo type, developed from the horned Costeño con Cuernos breed of Spanish origin...
  
  
• Sanga
  Sanga cattle
  Sanga cattle is the collective name for indigenous cattle of South Africa. They are sometimes identified as a subspecies with the scientific name Bos taurus africanus. These cattle originated in East Africa, probably western Ethiopia, and have spread west and south...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid (A group of breeds)
• Santa Cruz cattle: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Santa Gertrudis cattle
  Santa Gertrudis cattle
  Santa Gertrudis cattle are a tropical beef breed of cattle developed in southern Texas on the King Ranch. They were named for the Spanish land grant where Captain Richard King originally established the King Ranch. This breed was officially recognized by the United States Department of...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Senepol
  Senepol
  The Senepol breed of beef cattle were developed on the Caribbean Island of St. Croix from N'Dama cattle, imported in the late 19th century, by crossing with Red Poll cattle. The Senepol breed combines the N'Dama characteristics of heat tolerance and insect resistance with the docile nature, good...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Simbrah: Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Simford (Israeli Red): Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Symons Type
  Symons Type
  Symons Type cattle are a beef breed of cattle breed by the Symons family of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. They are a mainly red in colour.They are now widespread across South Africa and have proved a useful beef breed....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Tswana
  Tswana (cattle)
  Tswana is an indigenous beef cattle breed of Botswana. It is a Sanga type, similar to Barotse and Tuli. Its colour is plain black or multi coloured: usually red pied, and rarely black pied. The breed can also be found in South Africa. Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry environments...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Tuli
  Tuli (cattle)
  Tuli is the name of a beef cattle breed that originated from Zimbabwe. It is a form of Sanga cattle closely related to the Tswana breed from Botswana. Tuli cattle have a small thoraco-cervical hump and are uni-coloured: yellow, golden-brown or red...
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Tulim
  Tulim
  Tulim is a recently developed beef cattle breed, a composite of Tuli and Limousin cattle. Their origin and major distribution is in South Africa....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid
• Wangus
  Wangus
  Wangus is a Japanese breed of beef cattle, a cross between Wagyū and Angus cattle. It is reported to have a docile temperament.Wangus could also refer to the marbled meat of this breedWangus in context....
  
  : Taurine/zebu hybrid

Used as draught animals

These breeds are primarily used as beasts of burden

Pack animal

A pack animal or beast of burden is a working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back; the term may be applied to either an individual animal or a species so employed...

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Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

• Aosta cattle
• Sayaguesa Cattle
  Sayaguesa Cattle
  The Sayaguesa Cattle, also called Zamorana Cattle, is an ancient cattle breed from Sayago in the province of Zamora in the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León....
  
  

Zebu (Bos indicus)

• Abyssinian Highland Zebu
  Abyssinian Highland Zebu
  The Abyssinian Highland Zebu is a breed of cattle from Ethiopia. It is primarily used as a draught animal.-References:*...
  
  
• Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu
  Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu
  - Source :* Rege, J.E.O. "The state of African cattle genetic resources I.." Animal Genetic Resources Information 25 : 25. 19 Feb. 2008...
  
  

Hybrids

• Batangas
  Southern Yellow cattle and Philippine Native cattle
  Southern Yellow cattle are a breed of Zebu cattle found in Southern China, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc. Philippine Native cattle are mainly derived from Southern Yellow cattle brought from Fujian to the Philippines, they are usually very similar...
  
  : taurine/zebu hybrid

Bred for other purposes

These breeds are used for purposes other than those listed above.

Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

• Camargue cattle
  Camargue cattle
  The Camargue cattle breed, in Provençal: Raço di bioù, is native to the Camargue marshlands of the delta of the River Rhone in southern France. The cattle are black in color with upward sweeping horns...
  
   (Beef, bullfighting
  Bullfighting
  Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries , in which one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sport and entertainment...
  
  )
• Corriente
  Corriente cattle
  Corriente cattle are a breed of cattle descended from Spanish animals brought to the Americas in the late 15th century. They are primarily used today as sport cattle for rodeo events such as team roping and bulldogging...
  
   (Rodeo
  Rodeo
  Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
  
  )
• Heck Cattle
  Heck cattle
  Heck Cattle are a hardy breed of domestic cattle. They are the result of an attempt to breed back the aurochs, which became extinct in 1627, from modern aurochs-derived cattle...
  
   (Scientific experiment)
• Herens (Beef, cow fighting
  Cow fighting
  Cow fighting is a traditional Swiss event. Unlike bullfighting, in which humans fight bulls, cow fighting pits cow against cow.Each year, the Swiss canton of Valais hosts a series of cow fights known as combats de reines , which began in the 1920s and has drawn as many as 50,000 spectators in a year...
  
  )
• Queensland Miniature Boran (Beef/pets)
• Spanish Fighting Cattle (Bullfighting
  Bullfighting
  Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries , in which one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sport and entertainment...
  
  , beef)

Hybrids

• Ankole-Watusi
  Ankole-Watusi (cattle)
  The Ankole-Watusi is a breed of cattle originally native to Africa. Its large, distinctive horns, that can reach up to from tip to tip, are used for defense. Ankole-Watusis weigh from . Living in the savannas and open grasslands, their diet consists of grass and leaves...
  
  : taurine/zebu hybrid (Status symbol/currency)
• Żubroń
  Zubron
  Żubroń is a hybrid of domestic cattle and wisent. The wisent is the European bison; hence, the żubroń is analogous to the American beefalo...
  
  : cattle/wisent
  Wisent
  The wisent , Bison bonasus, also known as the European bison or European wood bison, is a species of Eurasian bison. It is the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe; a typical wisent is about long, not counting a tail of long, and tall. Weight typically can range from , with an occasional big...
  
   hybrid (Scientific experiment)
• African Boran Cattle (small) (beef/pets)

Feral cattle

Cattle which have reverted to a wild state.

• Aleutian wild cattle
  Aleutian wild cattle
  Aleutian wild cattle are feral wild cattle found on the Alaskan Aleutian islands. Several attempts have been made to round up these cattle for ranching. In 1985–6 the cattle on the Shumagin Islands were eliminated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but they still remained on Umnak Island and...
  
  
• Amsterdam Island cattle
  Amsterdam Island Cattle
  Amsterdam Island Cattle are a feral breed of wild cattle that has existed in isolation on Amsterdam Island, a small French territory in the southern Indian Ocean, since 1871.-History:...
  
  
• Campbell Island Cattle
  Campbell Island Cattle
  Campbell Island Cattle were a feral breed of domestic cattle found on Campbell Island, New Zealand. From photographs taken in 1976 it appeared that the cattle were at least partly of shorthorn origin...
  
   (extinct)
• Chillingham Cattle
  Chillingham Cattle
  Chillingham Cattle are a breed of cattle that live in a large enclosed park at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England. This rare breed consists of about 90 animals in Chillingham, which inhabit a very large park that has existed since the Middle Ages...
  
  
• Enderby Island Cattle
  Enderby Island Cattle
  Enderby Island Cattle are a breed of cattle that existed in a wild state in isolation on Enderby Island, New Zealand for over 80 years. Only about seven specimens remain today, in New Zealand, after a rescue expedition by the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand , and a culling program...
  
  
• Ushuaia Wild Cattle

Uncategorised breeds

Breeds in this list should be migrated to a more specific list.

• African Boran
• Aceh
  Aceh (cattle)
  Aceh is a breed of cattle indigenous to the Aceh province of North Sumatra, Indonesia....
  
  
• Aden
• Afghan
• Alberes
• Alambadi
  Alambadi
  Alambadi are a breed of cattle that originated in India....
  
  
• Albanian Dwarf
• Alberes
• Albese
• Alentejana
• Aliad Dinka
• Alistana-Sanabresa
• Allmogekor
  Allmogekor
  Allmogekor is an old native breed of cattle originally from Sweden.These cattle are often hardy and well adapted for extensive production, i.e. good foragers and very active. This makes them well suited for grazing on fields and woods in national parks, etc....
  
  
• Alur
• American Angus
• American Beef Friesian
• American Brown Swiss
• American
• American White Park
  American White Park
  The American White Park is a large, mostly polled, white breed of cattle. The females have an average weight of roughly 1000 pounds , while the males have an average weight between 1700-1800 pounds ....
  
  
• Amrit Mahal
  Amrit Mahal
  The Amrit Mahal cattle is a breed of cattle that originated from the state of Mysore, India. They are closely related to the Hallikar breed. Originally bred for use in war, the bullocks are observed to have great endurance. Their head is elongated with a ridge in the middle and a bulging forehead....
  
   zebu
• Andalusian Black
• Andalusian Blond
• Andalusian Grey
• Angoni
• Ankina
• Apulian Podolian
• Aracena
• Arado
• Argentine Crillo
• Argentine Friesian
• Arsi
• Asturian Valley
• Australian Shorthorn
• Austrian Simmental
• Austrian Yellow
• Avetonou
• Avilena
• Avilena-Black Iberian
• Aweil Dinka
• Azaouak
• Azebuado
• Azerbaijan Zebu
• Azores
• Bernese
• Bohus Polled
• Brava
• Caracu
  Caracu
  Caracu is a Brazilian beef cattle breed. Such as Mocho Nacional, the Caracu is a tropical European breed created in Brazil. Its main use is as a crossing to beef cattle. Even so, less than 5% of Brazilian beef cattle is Caracu. The Nelore breed has complete hegemony, over Caracu or any other beef...
  
  
• Chateaubriand
• Chiangus
• Chinese Central Plains Yellow: taurine/zebu hybrid
• Crioulo Lageano
• Chinese Northern Yellow
• Commercial
• Danish Black-Pied
• Doela
• Dwarf Lulu: taurine/zebu/yak
  Yak
  The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
  
   hybrid
• Eastern Red Polled
• Estonian Holstein
• Estonian Native
• Estonian Red
• Finnish Ayrshire
  Finnish Ayrshire
  The Finnish Ayrshire is the most common cattle in Finland . The breed stems from the importation of around 1600 Ayrshire cattle from Scotland and Sweden from 1847-1923. The Finnish Ayrshire is bred with the Swedish Red Cattle and local Norwegian cow breeds to breed the Norwegian Red, which is the...
  
  
• Finnish Holstein-Friesian
• Fribourg black and white
• Garvonesa
  Garvonesa
  -Description:Coat - dark red or brown.Head and neck - very dark.Profile-convex.Horns - developed, based on head-back and down, then up to frentee.Corpulence - high.-Extension:...
  
  
• Iberian cattle
  Iberian cattle
  Iberian cattle are a group of cattle breeds native to the Iberian Peninsula.while native to the Iberian Peninsula, they are all wild and not considered farm animals...
  
  
• Lampurger
• Latvian Blue
• Latvian Brown
  Latvian Brown
  The Latvian Brown is a cattle breed that began to be formed when Angeln cattle were imported into Latvia to improve the local, low-productive cattle.In 1947 the breed was given a new name - Red-Brown Latvian...
  
  
• Lithuanian Black-and-White
• Lithuanian Light Grey
• Lithuanian Red
  Lithuanian Red
  The Lithuanian Red is a breed of cattle that was formed by crossing Danish Red cattle with the local Lithuanian cattle. In 1951 the cross was recognized as a new breed. It currently accounts for about 33% of the entire cattle population in Lithuania. The young stock of the Lithuanian Red breed are...
  
  
• Lithuanian White-backed
• Lohani zebu
• Lowline
• Marchigiana
  Marchigiana
  The Marchigiana is a breed of cattle native to Italy. Originating specifically in the Marche region, the Marchigiana is a large breed kept for beef today. Prior to the 1950s it was also bred for draft work as oxen....
  
  
• Marinhoa
• Maronesa
  Maronesa
  -Description:*HEAD - Small, dry, well expressive, concave profile, which was more evident due to orbital protrusion of protuberances, a characteristic that also contributes to make: more manifest a certain bottlenecks that focuses on regions of the face and muzzle and extends up the lower end where...
  
  
• Mertolenga
• Minhota
• Miniature
  Miniature cattle
  The miniature cattle's popularity is on the rise due to their compatibility with small acreage farms. Some miniature breeds, such as Dexter and certain strains of Zebu, are descendants of primitive cattle that existed before domestication and selective breeding created larger body frames, and are...
  
  
• Mirandesa
• Norwegian Red
  Norwegian Red
  Norwegian Red is a breed of dairy cattle developed in Norway. Often shortened to simply NRF, it has a red and white or black coat...
  
  
• Pantaneiro cattle
  Pantaneiro cattle
  Pantaneiro cattle are a breed of cattle developed in the Pantanal region of Brazil and adapted to the local climate. Imported Spanish and Portuguese cattle have become crossed with Zebu bulls. They are light grey in colour with dark ears and muzzle. They are also known as Cuiabano or...
  
  
• Polish Black-and-White
• Preta
• Red Brangus: taurine/zebu hybrid
• Schwyz
• Sided Trönder and Nordland
• Swedish Friesian
• Swedish Mountain – see Fjäll cattle
  Fjäll cattle
  Fjäll cattle , commonly known as the "Swedish Mountain breed", is a breed of cattle, established in the late 19th century.In 1998, there was estimated to be 1000 breeding cows in Sweden....
  
  
• Swedish Red-and-White
• Swedish Red Polled
• Telemark
  Telemark cattle
  -Characteristics:Telemark cattle are red, with a white colour on the back in the shape of a cross. Sometimes, cows are also white on the underside. The face is usually mixed in colour. Most Telemark colour have horns. The Telemark is primarily a milking breed, and does not grow very large. Animals...
  
  
• Väne
• Western Fjord

See also

• Durham Ox
  Durham Ox
  The Durham Ox was a castrated bull which became famous in the early 19th century for its shape, size and weight. It was an early example of what became the Shorthorn breed of cattle, and helped establish the standards by which the breed was to be defined....
  
  
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• List of sheep breeds
• List of domestic pig breeds
• List of domestic Asian water buffalo breeds