All breeds
291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 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
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇷 BrazilCanchim
A Brazilian beef breed, white to cream, with a small hump, bred from zebu and CharolaisComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndu-Brasil
A Brazilian zebu beef breed from Minas Gerais with huge ears, grey coat and a humpZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian Charbray
A big, cream to light red composite of Charolais and Brahman blood for the tropicsComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇩 Sudan and 1 moreBaggara
A short-horned zebu of Sudan and Chad, lean and hardy, kept for beefZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreTabapuan
A polled zebu beef breed from São Paulo, first of Brazil's humped cattleZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesRed Brangus
A polled, red beef breed from Texas, built from Angus and Brahman stockComposite · Beef · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Canchim: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Baggara: Imogen Thurbon, CC BY 4.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Sahiwal: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zebu: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Australian Charbray: Charbray Society Of Australia Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Brangus: ZacStewart00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source