All breeds
291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreBali cattle
A small humped breed from Indonesia, descended from wild banteng, kept for meat and plowing.Banteng · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 5 moreZebu
Humped, heat-tolerant cattle of South Asia, kept for milk, meat, work and ridingZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford
A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇺🇸 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 Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSanta Gertrudis
A red American beef breed created from zebu and European cattle in Texas.Composite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 moreKalmykКалмыцкая
A compact red beef breed of the old Soviet Union, noted for exceptional toughnessTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTarentaise
A French alpine breed from the Tarentaise valley, kept for cheese and for crossingTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇱🇹 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
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceCorse
A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇪🇸 SpainPajuna
An endangered Andalusian breed, dark bulls and red-brown cows, once used for draught workTaurine · Draught · Cold-hardy
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaSquare Meater
A compact polled Australian beef breed, silver or grey, from Murray Grey stockTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇦🇺 AustraliaAdaptaur
A medium, dark-red Australian beef breed, bred in the 1950s to beat heat and ticksTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇬🇧 United KingdomVaynolFaenol
A rare Welsh park breed, white with black points or all blackTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇸🇮 SloveniaCikaCikasto govedo
A small red-brown dairy breed from Slovenia's alpine valleys, with a white line along the backTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejana
A rustic, gentle meat breed from Portugal's Alentejo region, once used for field workTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇦🇺 AustraliaTasmanian Grey
A polled beef breed from Tasmania, grey or dun, with Angus and Shorthorn rootsTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitebred Shorthorn
An always-white beef Shorthorn from the border hills, hardy and thriftyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇸🇩 Sudan and 1 moreBaggara
A short-horned zebu of Sudan and Chad, lean and hardy, kept for beefZebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇬🇧 United KingdomBlue Grey
A blue roan suckler cow, bred from a black Galloway dam and a white Shorthorn sireTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇮🇳 IndiaMeetei Sanꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯁꯟ
A hardy medium-sized breed from Manipur, kept for ploughing, with low milk yieldDraught · Thrifty foragers
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican Breed
A rare American beef hybrid with a small share of bison blood, bred in 1950s New MexicoComposite · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇪🇹 EthiopiaArado
A small red and black zebu from the north Ethiopian highlands, kept first for ploughingZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreRarámuri Criollo
A desert Criollo type from Copper Canyon, kept by the Tarahumara for 500 yearsTaurine · Beef · Drought-hardy
🇬🇧 United KingdomSwona
A feral herd on an Orkney island, on its own since the last people left in 1974Taurine · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford
A large red beef breed with a white face from Herefordshire, England, horned or polledTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Maremmana: Zyance, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lithuanian Red: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0, source
- Hereford: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Brahman: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bali cattle: Gsarwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Baggara: Imogen Thurbon, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kalmyk: not specified, Public domain, source
- Meetei San: Haoreima, CC0, source
- Corse: luiginter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pajuna: DFoidl, 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
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Vaynol: Claire.cojean.05, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cika: romanm ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Alentejana: Tiago Lima, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tarentaise: BlackSlash73, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Whitebred Shorthorn: Dave Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tux-Zillertal: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Blue Grey: stuad70, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arado: Jnyssen (Jan Nyssen), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rarámuri Criollo: Mmontanamcintosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Swona: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source