All breeds
230 breeds so far, best known first. 207 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
🇮🇳 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 5 moreOngole
A short-horned zebu breed from Andhra Pradesh, white with dark markings, used for work and milk.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreRed Sindhi
A humped dairy zebu from Sindh in Pakistan, deep red, with short curved hornsZebu · Dairy · 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
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaJavariಜವಾರಿ
A medium-built dual-purpose zebu from Kalyana-Karnataka, gentle and heat-tolerantZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian Milking Zebu
An Australian dairy composite, Jersey in shape with the loose skin of its zebu parentsComposite · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇻🇪 VenezuelaTipo Carora
A Venezuelan dairy breed, pale fawn or white with black skinTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇻🇪 VenezuelaVenezuelan CriolloCriollo Limonero
A taurine landrace dairy cow from Zulia, Venezuela, yellow to red and heat-hardyTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Abondance: Walpole, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sahiwal: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, 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 Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source