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All breeds

235 breeds so far, best known first. 202 more are on the list to be written.

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🇺🇸 United StatesTexas Longhorn American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇫🇷 France and 2 moreAbondance A red and white dairy breed from the French Alps, kept for milk and mountain grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreSanga cattle The umbrella name for native African cattle, mixing humpless taurine and zebu bloodTaurine · Disease-resistant

🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant

🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant 🇦🇺 AustraliaAdaptaur A medium, dark-red Australian beef breed, bred in the 1950s to beat heat and ticksTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇧🇷 BrazilPantaneiro A small Criollo breed of Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, now endangeredTaurine · Heat-tolerant 🇻🇪 VenezuelaTipo Carora A Venezuelan dairy breed, pale fawn or white with black skinTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇻🇪 VenezuelaVenezuelan CriolloCriollo Limonero A taurine landrace dairy cow from Zulia, Venezuela, yellow to red and heat-hardyTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Abondance: Walpole, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source
Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source

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