All breeds
163 breeds so far, best known first. 277 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
🇿🇦 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
🇺🇸 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
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena
A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇺🇸 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
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar
A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 5 moreTuli
A single-coloured Zimbabwean beef breed with a small neck hump, kin to the TswanaSanga · Beef · Heat-tolerant
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
- Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brahman: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Abondance: Walpole, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sahiwal: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source
- Brangus: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tuli: division, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, source