All breeds
291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 more are on the list to be written.
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental
A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn
A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina
A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇭🇺 HungaryHungarian GreyMagyar Szürke
A tall, long-horned Podolic breed from the Hungarian plains, kept for beef and draught work.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreDexter
A small Irish dual-purpose breed, usually black or red, kept for milk and beef on poor land.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 morePiedmontesePiemontese
A white Italian beef breed known for double muscling and premium lean meat.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande
A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇫🇷 FranceSalersrace de Salers
A large dual-purpose breed from the Cantal mountains of France, red or black with lyre-shaped horns.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreLakenvelder
A small Dutch dual-purpose breed with a black or red coat and a broad white belt around the middle.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇭🇷 Croatia and 1 moreBoškarin
A gray dual-purpose breed from the Istrian peninsula, kept for milk and gourmet beef.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 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
🇵🇱 PolandPolish RedPolska czerwona
A red Polish breed kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla
A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreTyrol GreyTiroler Grauvieh
An alpine dual-purpose breed of the Tyrol, milked and fattenedTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 morePustertaler SprinzenPustertaler Schecken
Rare colour-sided Alpine cattle from South Tyrol: white with brown or black flank patchesTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇫🇷 FranceVosgienne
A medium-sized French breed from the Vosges mountains, kept for milk and meatTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle
A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera
A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇦🇲 Armenia and 3 moreCaucasian Brown
A variable brown breed of the Caucasus, kept for milk and for milk with meatTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇷 FranceArmoricaine
A red and white Breton cow kept for milk and meat, once down to forty headTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇺🇦 UkraineBrown Carpathianбура карпатська
A brown dual-purpose breed from the Trans-Carpathian region of UkraineTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind
A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇹 ItalyRendena
A dual-purpose Alpine breed from the Val Rendena in Trentino, chestnut to near-black.Taurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalyBianca Modenese
A large white dairy and beef breed from the Po Valley of northern ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇫🇮 FinlandEastern Finncattleitäsuomenkarja
A dual-purpose Finncattle landrace from eastern Finland, also called kyyttöTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇮 FinlandNorthern Finncattle
A polled white landrace from Finland, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇷🇺 RussiaRed TambovКрасная тамбовская
A red dual-purpose breed from Tambov Oblast in Russia, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalyPezzata Rossa d'Oropa
A red-pied, dual-purpose breed from Piedmont's Vercelli and Biella provinces, ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFribourgeoise
An extinct black-pied Swiss dual-purpose breed, later absorbed into the HolsteinTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandÉvolène
An endangered dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Alps, pied red or black with horns in both sexesTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇹 ItalyGarfagnina
A horned, brindled grey dual-purpose breed from TuscanyTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇰🇷 South KoreaJeju Black제주흑우
A small black taurine breed kept on Jeju Island, now a national monumentTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAmerican Milking Devon
A red American dual-purpose breed, kept for milk and beef and now critically rareTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 IrelandDroimeann
A small Irish dual-purpose cow with a white stripe down its backTaurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 3 moreOriginal Braunvieh
A Swiss dual-purpose brown cow kept pure, unlike the modern BraunviehTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇨🇴 ColombiaLucerna
A Colombian dual-purpose composite, cherry-red and medium in sizeComposite · Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalyAbruzzesePodolica abruzzese di montagna
Extinct grey Italian breed of the Podolic group, once kept for meat and draughtTaurine · Dual-purpose
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
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Northern Finncattle: Tuomo Hämäläinen aka. Squirrel, Public domain, source
- Normande: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Maine-Anjou: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Polish Red: myself ( User:Piotrus ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vosgienne: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pezzata Rossa d'Oropa: CosyCobra, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Aosta Black Pied: Lohen11, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Piedmontese: Aleks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Hungarian Grey: The original uploader was Faludi at Hungarian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Armoricaine: Yannig.coulomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boškarin: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shorthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bianca Modenese: Superspin81, Public domain, source
- Rendena: User:Rendena, CC0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Eastern Finncattle: Sini Merikallio, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Garfagnina: Mael Beau, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Salers: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jeju Black: Jeju black cattle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- American Milking Devon: Carly & Art, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Red Tambov: No machine-readable author provided. Nasiruddin assumed (based on copy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Évolène: Trigaranus, Public domain, source
- Lakenvelder: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Original Braunvieh: Goldmull, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source