All breeds
146 breeds so far, best known first. 294 more are on the list to be written.
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental
A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn
A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina
A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇭🇺 HungaryHungarian GreyMagyar Szürke
A tall, long-horned Podolic breed from the Hungarian plains, kept for beef and draught work.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreDexter
A small Irish dual-purpose breed, usually black or red, kept for milk and beef on poor land.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 morePiedmontesePiemontese
A white Italian beef breed known for double muscling and premium lean meat.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande
A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇰🇿 KazakhstanAlatau
A dual-purpose beef and dairy breed from Kazakhstan, named after the Alatau MountainsDual-purpose
🇫🇷 FranceSalersrace de Salers
A large dual-purpose breed from the Cantal mountains of France, red or black with lyre-shaped horns.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreTharparkarٿرپارڪر
A hardy zebu breed from the Thar Desert, white to grey with a firm hump, kept for milk and work.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaHarianaहरियाना
A medium to large dual-purpose zebu from Haryana, white to grey with short horns.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 moreFleckvieh
A large Central European dual-purpose breed, red and white pied or solid red, kept for milk and beef.Composite · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇭🇷 Croatia and 1 moreBoškarin
A gray dual-purpose breed from the Istrian peninsula, kept for milk and gourmet beef.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇳 IndiaDeoni
A horned draught breed from Maharashtra, kept for work and milkZebu · Dual-purpose
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreLakenvelder
A small Dutch dual-purpose breed with a black or red coat and a broad white belt around the middle.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreMaine-AnjouRouge des Prés
A red and white French beef breed from the Maine country, once a milk and meat animalTaurine · Beef
🇮🇳 IndiaPunganur
A tiny zebu of the Andhra Pradesh hills, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇺🇿 UzbekistanBestuzhevБестужевская
A dual-purpose Uzbek breed of the Soviet era, resistant to bovine leukosisComposite · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 moreNguni
A multi-coloured Sanga breed from Southern Africa, valued for disease resistance and hardiness.Sanga · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇱 PolandPolish RedPolska czerwona
A red Polish breed kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaBargurபர்கூர் / ಬರಗೂರು / ബർഗൂർ പശു
A compact zebu from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, brown with white patches and known for speed.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Quick and strong
🇮🇳 IndiaGangatiri𑂏𑂁𑂏𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂩𑂲
A dual-purpose breed from the Ganga country, with cows that milk fairly wellZebu · Dual-purpose
🇫🇷 FranceVosgienne
A medium-sized French breed from the Vosges mountains, kept for milk and meatTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 morePustertaler SprinzenPustertaler Schecken
Rare colour-sided Alpine cattle from South Tyrol: white with brown or black flank patchesTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle
A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇮🇳 IndiaGaolao
A large, white to grey zebu from central India, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose
🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá
A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled
🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera
A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreTyrol GreyTiroler Grauvieh
An alpine dual-purpose breed of the Tyrol, milked and fattenedTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla
A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind
A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceArmoricaine
A red and white Breton cow kept for milk and meat, once down to forty headTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇦🇲 Armenia and 3 moreCaucasian Brown
A variable brown breed of the Caucasus, kept for milk and for milk with meatTaurine · Dairy
🇺🇦 UkraineBrown Carpathianбура карпатська
A brown dual-purpose breed from the Trans-Carpathian region of UkraineTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalyRendena
A dual-purpose Alpine breed from the Val Rendena in Trentino, chestnut to near-black.Taurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaJavariಜವಾರಿ
A medium-built dual-purpose zebu from Kalyana-Karnataka, gentle and heat-tolerantZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
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
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kankrej: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Normande: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Maine-Anjou: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Polish Red: myself ( User:Piotrus ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lakenvelder: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guzerá: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gaolao: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vosgienne: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Punganur: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Aosta Black Pied: Lohen11, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Gangatiri: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Piedmontese: Aleks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hungarian Grey: The original uploader was Faludi at Hungarian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Deoni: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fleckvieh: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Salers: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Armoricaine: Yannig.coulomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boškarin: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hariana: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bargur: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nguni: arboresce, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tharparkar: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shorthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rendena: User:Rendena, CC0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source