All breeds
230 breeds so far, best known first. 207 more are on the list to be written.
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 morePinzgauer
Chestnut Austrian cattle with a broad white stripe along the back and bellyTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇭🇷 Croatia and 5 moreBuša
A little mountain cow of the Balkans with short horns, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇦🇹 AustriaCarinthian BlondviehKärntner Blondvieh
An old triple-purpose breed from Carinthia in Austria, white or light yellowTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇵🇹 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
🇫🇷 FranceLourdaiseLordés
A rare white Pyrenean breed from near Lourdes, once milk, meat and draught in oneTaurine · Beef
🇹🇷 TurkeyAnatolian BlackYerli Kara
Turkey's smallest native breed, a short-horned black cow used for milk, meat and draughtTaurine · Triple-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United StatesRandall Lineback
A horned, colour-sided triple-purpose breed from Vermont, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Thrifty foragers
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pinzgauer: Wald1siedel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ramo Grande: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain, source
- Carinthian Blondvieh: Mefusbren69, Public domain, source
- Lourdaise: Darreenvt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Florida Cracker: Florida Cracker Cattle Association, Attribution, source
- Buša: P.Cikovac, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anatolian Black: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Randall Lineback: CTPhil, CC0, source