All breeds
163 breeds so far, best known first. 277 more are on the list to be written.
🇱🇹 LithuaniaLithuanian RedLietuvos žalieji
A red beef breed from Lithuania, bred from Danish Red and local cattleTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇦🇹 AustriaTux-ZillertalTux-Zillertaler
A stocky Alpine breed from Tirol, black or red, once bred for cow-fighting contests.Taurine · Beef · Spirited
🇫🇷 FranceCorse
A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar
A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Shorthorn日本短角種
A small Japanese beef breed of the north, red, roan or red-pied, horned in both sexesTaurine · Beef
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreSouth Devon
Huge pale-red beef cattle from Devon and Cornwall, once milked and worked as oxenTaurine · Beef
🇪🇸 SpainPajuna
An endangered Andalusian breed, dark bulls and red-brown cows, once used for draught workTaurine · Draught · Cold-hardy
🇧🇷 BrazilCaracu
A solid-red Brazilian Criollo beef breed from Minas Gerais, humpless and hornedTaurine · Beef
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreAlbera
A small cold-hardy breed of the Albera Massif, black or pale, used to clear scrubTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇩🇪 GermanyRotes Höhenvieh
A red upland breed from Germany's Central Uplands, rebuilt in 1985 from a handful of cowsTaurine · Beef
🇨🇳 ChinaYanbian
A humpless yellow breed from north-east China, a draught worker in the rice fieldsTaurine · Draught
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇿🇦 South AfricaBonsmara
A South African beef breed built from Afrikaner, Hereford and Shorthorn linesComposite · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇯🇵 JapanMishima見島牛
A small black beef breed that survives only on Mishima Island, JapanTaurine · Beef
🇫🇷 FranceLourdaiseLordés
A rare white Pyrenean breed from near Lourdes, once milk, meat and draught in oneTaurine · Beef
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBeef Shorthorn
A British beef line, split from the dual-purpose Shorthorn in 1958Taurine · Beef
🇫🇷 FranceFrench Simmental
A large French dairy breed, red pied with a white head, milked for comtéTaurine · Dairy
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 5 moreTuli
A single-coloured Zimbabwean beef breed with a small neck hump, kin to the TswanaSanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇪🇸 SpainVianesa
A dark brown beef breed from Galicia, kept in small herdsTaurine · Beef
🇪🇸 SpainMonchinaBehi montxina
A small, horned mountain beef breed from Cantabria and the Basque Country of SpainTaurine · Beef
🇩🇪 GermanyHarzer Rotvieh
A solid red upland breed from the Harz, once kept for milk, beef and draught workTaurine · Dairy · Cold-hardy
🇫🇮 FinlandEastern Finncattleitäsuomenkarja
A dual-purpose Finncattle landrace from eastern Finland, also called kyyttöTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreBazadaiseVasadés (Gascon)
A very large grey beef breed from Bazas in south-west France, once a timber-hauling oxTaurine · Beef · Marbled beef
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lithuanian Red: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0, source
- Tux-Zillertal: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bonsmara: Dumbassman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Rotes Höhenvieh: Martin Lindner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese Shorthorn: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bazadaise: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- South Devon: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Corse: luiginter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pajuna: DFoidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caracu: Nevinho, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Albera: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lourdaise: Darreenvt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beef Shorthorn: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- French Simmental: Grimlock, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tuli: division, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, source
- Vianesa: Ocarteiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Monchina: Valledemena, Public domain, source
- Harzer Rotvieh: Karen Alge, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eastern Finncattle: Sini Merikallio, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mishima: LT sfm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source