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All breeds

163 breeds so far, best known first. 277 more are on the list to be written.

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🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 moreAfrikaner A Sanga-type breed from South Africa, deep red with long horns, kept for beef and draught work.Sanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreSanga cattle The umbrella name for native African cattle, mixing humpless taurine and zebu bloodTaurine · Disease-resistant

🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 moreNguni A multi-coloured Sanga breed from Southern Africa, valued for disease resistance and hardiness.Sanga · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant

🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇿🇦 South AfricaBonsmara A South African beef breed built from Afrikaner, Hereford and Shorthorn linesComposite · Beef · Disease-resistant

Photo credits on this page

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

Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bonsmara: Dumbassman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source
Nguni: arboresce, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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