All breeds
291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 more are on the list to be written.
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreBraunvieh
A large Alpine brown dairy breed from Switzerland, known for its strength and high milk yield.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreDanish RedRød Dansk Malkerace
A red Danish dairy breed, with a modern line and a 1970 lineTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreMontbéliarde
A red and white dairy breed from eastern France, prized for cheesemaking milk.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇸🇪 SwedenFjällSvensk fjällras
A polled, mostly white dairy cow from the Swedish mountains, hardy on thin grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇬🇧 United KingdomAlderney
An extinct small dairy breed from the Channel Islands, dun or fawn and short-hornedTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇬🇪 GeorgiaRed Mingrelianმეგრული წითელი ჯიში
A compact, horned breed from western Georgia, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇫🇮 FinlandFinnish AyrshireSuomen Ayrshire
Finland's most numerous dairy breed, red and white, from Scottish Ayrshire stockTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇫🇮 FinlandFinncattle
Small, hornless Finnish dairy cattle in three types: red, white and red-and-whiteTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇦🇺 AustraliaIllawarra Shorthorn
A large red Australian dairy breed, horned, docile and long-livedTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreJersey
A small brown dairy breed from the Channel Island of Jersey, known for rich yellow milkTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Braunvieh: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Montbéliarde: Abujoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Danish Red: Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fjäll: Yvonne Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Alderney: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Finnish Ayrshire: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, GFDL, source
- Finncattle: Eero Järnefelt, Public domain, source
- Jersey: Man vyi, Public domain, source