All breeds
230 breeds so far, best known first. 207 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
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSahiwal
A heat-tolerant zebu from the Punjab, kept for milk, meat and draught workZebu · Dairy · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKhillari
A draft breed from Maharashtra and Karnataka, compact with sweeping horns and grey-white coats.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaMalvi
A white or grey zebu of the Malwa plateau, kept for the yoke and poor at milkZebu · Draught
🇮🇳 IndiaHallikarಹಳ್ಳಿಕಾರ್
A draught breed from Karnataka, India, known for strength and the ability of both oxen and cows to plough.Zebu · Draught · Docile
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKangayamகாங்கேயம்
A grey Tamil draught zebu whose bulls run in races and in the Jallikattu arenaZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaPonwar
A small black-and-white zebu from Pilibhit, kept for cart work and quick to angerZebu · Draught · Spirited
🇮🇳 IndiaNimariनिमारि
A red, white-patched draught zebu from the Nimar region of central IndiaZebu · Draught · Spirited
🇮🇳 IndiaBachaur
A small, compact draught breed from the Mithila region of north Bihar, a brisk trotterZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaKherigarh
A draught zebu from Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaZebu · Draught
🇮🇳 IndiaAlambadi
A humped draught breed from Tamil Nadu, horned and now close to extinctionZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaUmblachery
A small grey zebu from the Tamil Nadu coast, bred as an ox for rice paddiesZebu · Draught · Rich milk
🇮🇳 IndiaKenkathaकेन्काथा
A small grey and black zebu draught breed from the Ken river country of BundelkhandZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSiri
A black or black-and-white zebu breed of the eastern Himalaya, kept for ploughingZebu · Draught · Cold-hardy
🇮🇳 IndiaJavariಜವಾರಿ
A medium-built dual-purpose zebu from Kalyana-Karnataka, gentle and heat-tolerantZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇰 PakistanCholistani
A large white-spotted zebu of Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, kept for milk, meat and workZebu · Dairy · Disease-resistant
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
- Ponwar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khillari: 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
- Nimari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, 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
- Kangayam: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kherigarh: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenkatha: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hallikar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source