All breeds
186 breeds so far, best known first. 253 more are on the list to be written.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway
A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇸🇪 SwedenFjällSvensk fjällras
A polled, mostly white dairy cow from the Swedish mountains, hardy on thin grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇮🇸 IcelandIcelandicíslenskur nautgripur
A small, mostly polled dairy breed isolated in Iceland for a thousand yearsTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Polled無角和種
A small black Japanese beef breed, hornless in both sexesTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla
A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇪🇪 EstoniaEstonian nativeeesti maatõug
A polled dairy breed from Estonia, yellow-brown to red, with a herdbook since 1914Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle
A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla
A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇮 FinlandNorthern Finncattle
A polled white landrace from Finland, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇮 FinlandFinncattle
Small, hornless Finnish dairy cattle in three types: red, white and red-and-whiteTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇩🇪 GermanyGerman AngusDeutsch Angus
A polled German beef breed, black, brown or red, from Aberdeen Angus crossesTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSpeckle Park
A modern Canadian beef breed, polled and speckled black and whiteTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish PolledSvensk Kullig Boskap
A hornless red dairy cow from Sweden, formed in 1937 from the Rödkulla and Fjäll breedsTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇦🇺 AustraliaSquare Meater
A compact polled Australian beef breed, silver or grey, from Murray Grey stockTaurine · Beef · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese Polled: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Finncattle: Eero Järnefelt, Public domain, source
- Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Icelandic: Christian Bickel (user Fingalo ), CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fjäll: Yvonne Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Northern Finncattle: Tuomo Hämäläinen aka. Squirrel, Public domain, source
- Speckle Park: Seerig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German Angus: Bernd.K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source