All breeds
210 breeds so far, best known first. 229 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGir
A humped dairy breed from Gujarat, red and white with long drooping ears and a domed foreheadZebu · 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
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreRed Sindhi
A humped dairy zebu from Sindh in Pakistan, deep red, with short curved hornsZebu · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaHarianaहरियाना
A medium to large dual-purpose zebu from Haryana, white to grey with short horns.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇺🇿 UzbekistanBestuzhevБестужевская
A dual-purpose Uzbek breed of the Soviet era, resistant to bovine leukosisComposite · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreSanga cattle
The umbrella name for native African cattle, mixing humpless taurine and zebu bloodTaurine · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaJavariಜವಾರಿ
A medium-built dual-purpose zebu from Kalyana-Karnataka, gentle and heat-tolerantZebu · Dairy · 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
🇵🇰 PakistanCholistani
A large white-spotted zebu of Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, kept for milk, meat and workZebu · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndu-Brasil
A Brazilian zebu beef breed from Minas Gerais with huge ears, grey coat and a humpZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇷 BrazilPantaneiro
A small Criollo breed of Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, now endangeredTaurine · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian Milking Zebu
An Australian dairy composite, Jersey in shape with the loose skin of its zebu parentsComposite · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hariana: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Australian Charbray: Charbray Society Of Australia Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source