Breeds beginning with G
8 breeds under G.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇮🇳 IndiaGangatiri𑂏𑂁𑂏𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂩𑂲
A dual-purpose breed from the Ganga country, with cows that milk fairly wellZebu · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaGaolao
A large, white to grey zebu from central India, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreGayal
A semi-domesticated bovine of the Eastern Himalayas, kept for meat, milk and ceremonyMithun · Beef
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreGerman Black Pied
A dairy breed of the North Sea coast, black and white, smaller than the HolsteinTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGir
A humped dairy breed from Gujarat, red and white with long drooping ears and a domed foreheadZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- German Black Pied: WytzeNauta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gaolao: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Gangatiri: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gayal: Aditya Kabir, Public domain, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source