All breeds
162 breeds so far, best known first. 278 more are on the list to be written.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇮🇳 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 Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway
A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · 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
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Polled無角和種
A small black Japanese beef breed, hornless in both sexesTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle
A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese Polled: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brangus: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source