All breeds
146 breeds so far, best known first. 294 more are on the list to be written.
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 5 moreZebu
Humped, heat-tolerant cattle of South Asia, kept for milk, meat, work and ridingZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGir
A humped dairy breed from Gujarat, red and white with long drooping ears and a domed foreheadZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSahiwal
A heat-tolerant zebu from the Punjab, kept for milk, meat and draught workZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreNelore
A large humped beef breed from India, now dominant in Brazil and known for heat tolerance and parasite resistance.Zebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreOngole
A short-horned zebu breed from Andhra Pradesh, white with dark markings, used for work and milk.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreRed Sindhi
A humped dairy zebu from Sindh in Pakistan, deep red, with short curved hornsZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaVechur
The world's smallest cattle breed from Kerala, kept for efficient milk production.Zebu · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 IndiaHarianaहरियाना
A medium to large dual-purpose zebu from Haryana, white to grey with short horns.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreTharparkarٿرپارڪر
A hardy zebu breed from the Thar Desert, white to grey with a firm hump, kept for milk and work.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaKhillari
A draft breed from Maharashtra and Karnataka, compact with sweeping horns and grey-white coats.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaDeoni
A horned draught breed from Maharashtra, kept for work and milkZebu · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaMalvi
A white or grey zebu of the Malwa plateau, kept for the yoke and poor at milkZebu · Draught
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaPunganur
A tiny zebu of the Andhra Pradesh hills, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇺🇿 UzbekistanBestuzhevБестужевская
A dual-purpose Uzbek breed of the Soviet era, resistant to bovine leukosisComposite · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaBargurபர்கூர் / ಬರಗೂರು / ബർഗൂർ പശു
A compact zebu from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, brown with white patches and known for speed.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaRathiराठी
A brown and white dairy breed from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, kept by nomadic Rath herders.Zebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreSanga cattle
The umbrella name for native African cattle, mixing humpless taurine and zebu bloodTaurine · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 IndiaHallikarಹಳ್ಳಿಕಾರ್
A draught breed from Karnataka, India, known for strength and the ability of both oxen and cows to plough.Zebu · Draught · Docile
🇮🇳 IndiaGangatiri𑂏𑂁𑂏𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂩𑂲
A dual-purpose breed from the Ganga country, with cows that milk fairly wellZebu · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaPonwar
A small black-and-white zebu from Pilibhit, kept for cart work and quick to angerZebu · Draught · Spirited
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKangayamகாங்கேயம்
A grey Tamil draught zebu whose bulls run in races and in the Jallikattu arenaZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaGaolao
A large, white to grey zebu from central India, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
🇧🇷 BrazilCanchim
A Brazilian beef breed, white to cream, with a small hump, bred from zebu and CharolaisComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaKherigarh
A draught zebu from Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaZebu · Draught
🇮🇳 IndiaNimariनिमारि
A red, white-patched draught zebu from the Nimar region of central IndiaZebu · Draught · Spirited
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod Dwarf
A one-metre zebu from the hills of Kasaragod district, kept for its milkZebu · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇧🇩 BangladeshRed ChittagongLal Birish
A small red zebu from southern Bangladesh, kept for milk, meat and work.Zebu · Triple-purpose
🇮🇩 IndonesiaMaduraSapi madura
A small reddish-brown Indonesian hybrid of zebu and banteng, raced with a sledZebu · Sport · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaUmblachery
A small grey zebu from the Tamil Nadu coast, bred as an ox for rice paddiesZebu · Draught · Rich milk
🇮🇳 IndiaBachaur
A small, compact draught breed from the Mithila region of north Bihar, a brisk trotterZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaKenkathaकेन्काथा
A small grey and black zebu draught breed from the Ken river country of BundelkhandZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 IndiaAlambadi
A humped draught breed from Tamil Nadu, horned and now close to extinctionZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaJavariಜವಾರಿ
A medium-built dual-purpose zebu from Kalyana-Karnataka, gentle and heat-tolerantZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Malvi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canchim: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gaolao: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Punganur: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ponwar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gangatiri: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khillari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alambadi: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sahiwal: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nimari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Deoni: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kasaragod Dwarf: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Madura: Vebra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Rathi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Umblachery: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zebu: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hallikar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kangayam: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hariana: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bargur: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tharparkar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenkatha: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vechur: Mullookkaaran, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kherigarh: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source