All breeds
210 breeds so far, best known first. 229 more are on the list to be written.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreAyrshire
Red-and-white dairy cattle from south-west Scotland, hardy, long-lived and easy calversTaurine · Dairy · Easy calving
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande
A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇬🇧 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
🇩🇪 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
🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla
A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong
🇩🇪 GermanyGerman AngusDeutsch Angus
A polled German beef breed, black, brown or red, from Aberdeen Angus crossesTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreNorth American Piedmontese
A North American beef breed from Italian Piedmontese stock, heavily muscled and mostly grey-whiteTaurine · Beef · Easy calving
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Normande: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
- German Angus: Bernd.K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- North American Piedmontese: Atsme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source