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All breeds

291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 more are on the list to be written.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Polled無角和種 A small black Japanese beef breed, hornless in both sexesTaurine · Beef · Polled

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

🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled

🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled 🇦🇺 AustraliaSquare Meater A compact polled Australian beef breed, silver or grey, from Murray Grey stockTaurine · Beef · Polled

🇩🇪 GermanyGerman AngusDeutsch Angus A polled German beef breed, black, brown or red, from Aberdeen Angus crossesTaurine · Beef · Docile

🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSpeckle Park A modern Canadian beef breed, polled and speckled black and whiteTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇦🇺 AustraliaTasmanian Grey A polled beef breed from Tasmania, grey or dun, with Angus and Shorthorn rootsTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇧🇷 BrazilMocho Nacional A hornless beef breed of Brazil, of European descent rather than zebuTaurine · Beef · Polled

🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican Angus Hornless black beef cattle from Scottish stock, now the most common beef breed in the USATaurine · Beef · Polled

🇬🇧 United KingdomBlue Grey A blue roan suckler cow, bred from a black Galloway dam and a white Shorthorn sireTaurine · Beef · Polled

Photo credits on this page

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

Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Japanese Polled: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Speckle Park: Seerig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
German Angus: Bernd.K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
American Angus: Bill Tarpenning, Public domain, source
Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Blue Grey: stuad70, CC BY 2.0, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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