Breeds beginning with K
9 breeds under K.
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 moreKalmykКалмыцкая
A compact red beef breed of the old Soviet Union, noted for exceptional toughnessTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKangayamகாங்கேயம்
A grey Tamil draught zebu whose bulls run in races and in the Jallikattu arenaZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod Dwarf
A one-metre zebu from the hills of Kasaragod district, kept for its milkZebu · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan and 1 moreKazakh WhiteheadedҚазақтың ақбас сиыры
A Hereford-like beef breed from Kazakhstan and the lower Volga, horned and hardyTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇮🇳 IndiaKenkathaकेन्काथा
A small grey and black zebu draught breed from the Ken river country of BundelkhandZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí
A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 IndiaKherigarh
A draught zebu from Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaZebu · Draught
🇮🇳 IndiaKhillari
A draft breed from Maharashtra and Karnataka, compact with sweeping horns and grey-white coats.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kazakh Whiteheaded: Горбунова М.С., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kalmyk: not specified, Public domain, source
- Khillari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kerry: Pedroserafin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kasaragod Dwarf: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kangayam: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenkatha: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kherigarh: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source