Breeds beginning with M
10 breeds under M.
🇮🇩 IndonesiaMaduraSapi madura
A small reddish-brown Indonesian hybrid of zebu and banteng, raced with a sledZebu · Sport · Quick and strong
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreMaine-AnjouRouge des Prés
A red and white French beef breed from the Maine country, once a milk and meat animalTaurine · Beef
🇮🇳 IndiaMalnad Giddaಮಲೆನಾಡು ಗಿಡ್ಡ
A small, dark humpless breed from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, kept for milk and draught work.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 IndiaMalvi
A white or grey zebu of the Malwa plateau, kept for the yoke and poor at milkZebu · Draught
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreMarchigiana
A large white or grey Italian beef breed from the Marche, once worked as an oxTaurine · Beef
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreMontbéliarde
A red and white dairy breed from eastern France, prized for cheesemaking milk.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMurnau-Werdenfels
A long-lived brown dairy breed of the Bavarian uplands, milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Maremmana: Zyance, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Malvi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Malnad Gidda: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Maine-Anjou: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Montbéliarde: Abujoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Murnau-Werdenfels: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marchigiana: Nicola Romani, CC BY-SA 2.5 it, source
- Madura: Vebra, CC BY 3.0, source