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All breeds

291 breeds so far, best known first. 124 more are on the list to be written.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan and 5 moreZebu Humped, heat-tolerant cattle of South Asia, kept for milk, meat, work and ridingZebu · Dairy · 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

🇮🇳 IndiaRathiराठी A brown and white dairy breed from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, kept by nomadic Rath herders.Zebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

🇲🇱 Mali and 5 moreRed Bororo A red-brown Sanga cattle of the Sahel, with long lyre-shaped hornsSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rathi: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Zebu: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Red Bororo: Dorothy Habila, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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