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
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBrahman
An American beef breed with a hump and grey or red coat, bred from Indian zebu cattleComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesTexas Longhorn
American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina
A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · 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 moreSanta Gertrudis
A red American beef breed created from zebu and European cattle in Texas.Composite · 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
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 moreAfrikaner
A Sanga-type breed from South Africa, deep red with long horns, kept for beef and draught work.Sanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreAbondance
A red and white dairy breed from the French Alps, kept for milk and mountain grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇰 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
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · 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 moreBrangus
A black polled beef breed from the United States, combining Angus meat quality with Brahman heat tolerance.Composite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaRathiराठी
A brown and white dairy breed from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, kept by nomadic Rath herders.Zebu · Dairy · 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
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena
A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇧🇷 BrazilCanchim
A Brazilian beef breed, white to cream, with a small hump, bred from zebu and CharolaisComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar
A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 5 moreTuli
A single-coloured Zimbabwean beef breed with a small neck hump, kin to the TswanaSanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · 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
🇺🇸 United StatesBeefmaster
A three-way American beef cross, half Brahman, judged on the Six EssentialsComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 Australia and 3 moreBraford
A Hereford and Brahman cross kept for beef, roping and ranch workComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaAdaptaur
A medium, dark-red Australian beef breed, bred in the 1950s to beat heat and ticksTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇷 BrazilPantaneiro
A small Criollo breed of Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, now endangeredTaurine · 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
🇳🇮 NicaraguaLa Reina
A red, slick-coated dairy breed from Nicaragua, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇩 Sudan and 1 moreBaggara
A short-horned zebu of Sudan and Chad, lean and hardy, kept for beefZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreTswana
An indigenous beef breed of Botswana, a Sanga type with red or black coatsSanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇪🇹 EthiopiaAbergele
A very small humped breed from the Abergele lowlands of northern Ethiopia, mostly red.Sanga · Triple-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian Milking Zebu
An Australian dairy composite, Jersey in shape with the loose skin of its zebu parentsComposite · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesPineywoods
A small, tough criollo breed of the American South, kept for milk, meat and ox workTriple-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇻🇪 VenezuelaTipo Carora
A Venezuelan dairy breed, pale fawn or white with black skinTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇨🇴 ColombiaFrankeston Red
A red, dual-purpose Colombian breed built for milk and meat in the tropicsComposite · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇻🇪 VenezuelaVenezuelan CriolloCriollo Limonero
A taurine landrace dairy cow from Zulia, Venezuela, yellow to red and heat-hardyTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaGreyman
An Australian beef breed blending Murray Grey and Brahman blood, grey and hornlessComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesBarzona
A four-way American beef blend from Arizona, bred to shrug off heat, insects and diseaseComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇲🇱 Mali and 5 moreRed Bororo
A red-brown Sanga cattle of the Sahel, with long lyre-shaped hornsSanga · Dairy · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaFrieswal
A crossbred dairy cow of India, part Holstein Friesian and part Sahiwal, made for milkComposite · Dairy · Rich milk
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greyman: Cgoodwin, CC BY 3.0, source
- Canchim: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brahman: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tharparkar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Baggara: Imogen Thurbon, CC BY 4.0, source
- Abondance: Walpole, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
- Khillari: Pavanaja, 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
- Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brangus: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rathi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zebu: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Santa Gertrudis: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bargur: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tuli: division, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Beefmaster: Beefmaster Breeders United, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Australian Charbray: Charbray Society Of Australia Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Braford: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Bororo: Dorothy Habila, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Red Brangus: ZacStewart00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tswana: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source