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Breeds beginning with R

6 breeds under R.

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🇵🇹 PortugalRamo GrandeRaça Bovina Ramo Grande A large red-brown cattle breed from Terceira in the Azores, once used for work and milkTaurine · Triple-purpose · Thrifty foragers

🇮🇳 IndiaRathiराठी A brown and white dairy breed from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, kept by nomadic Rath herders.Zebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇧🇩 BangladeshRed ChittagongLal Birish A small red zebu from southern Bangladesh, kept for milk, meat and work.Zebu · Triple-purpose

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreRed Sindhi A humped dairy zebu from Sindh in Pakistan, deep red, with short curved hornsZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇮🇹 ItalyRendena A dual-purpose Alpine breed from the Val Rendena in Trentino, chestnut to near-black.Taurine · Dual-purpose

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Ramo Grande: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rathi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Rendena: User:Rendena, CC0, source

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