All breeds
210 breeds so far, best known first. 229 more are on the list to be written.
🇺🇸 United StatesTexas Longhorn
American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreGerman Black Pied
A dairy breed of the North Sea coast, black and white, smaller than the HolsteinTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇸🇪 SwedenVäneko
An endangered Swedish dairy breed, black or red with white, named for a villageTaurine · Dairy
🇦🇹 AustriaCarinthian BlondviehKärntner Blondvieh
An old triple-purpose breed from Carinthia in Austria, white or light yellowTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla
A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong
🇵🇹 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
🇺🇸 United StatesFlorida Cracker
A small Spanish-descended Criollo breed from Florida, varied in colour, kept for heritageTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇩🇪 GermanyRotes Höhenvieh
A red upland breed from Germany's Central Uplands, rebuilt in 1985 from a handful of cowsTaurine · Beef
🇳🇴 NorwayDølafe
A rare, light-boned and horned Norwegian cow whose coat runs from dark brown to white.Taurine · Heritage
🇬🇧 United KingdomChillingham
A small white breed with red ears, living untamed in a Northumberland parkTaurine · Heritage · Spirited
🇬🇧 United KingdomVaynolFaenol
A rare Welsh park breed, white with black points or all blackTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇰🇷 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
🇫🇮 FinlandFinncattle
Small, hornless Finnish dairy cattle in three types: red, white and red-and-whiteTaurine · Dairy · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- German Black Pied: WytzeNauta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Väneko: Philaweb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rotes Höhenvieh: Martin Lindner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ramo Grande: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain, source
- Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Carinthian Blondvieh: Mefusbren69, Public domain, source
- Florida Cracker: Florida Cracker Cattle Association, Attribution, source
- Dølafe: Vegard Aukrust, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chillingham: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Vaynol: Claire.cojean.05, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jeju Black: Jeju black cattle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- American Milking Devon: Carly & Art, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Finncattle: Eero Järnefelt, Public domain, source