All breeds
146 breeds so far, best known first. 294 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
🇺🇸 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 StatesTexas Longhorn
American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina
A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · Beef · 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
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSanta Gertrudis
A red American beef breed created from zebu and European cattle in Texas.Composite · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 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
🇬🇳 Guinea and 5 moreN'Dama
A West African breed that can live where tsetse flies carry trypanosomiasisTaurine · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 IndiaHarianaहरियाना
A medium to large dual-purpose zebu from Haryana, white to grey with short horns.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇭🇷 Croatia and 5 moreBuša
A little mountain cow of the Balkans with short horns, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇺🇿 UzbekistanBestuzhevБестужевская
A dual-purpose Uzbek breed of the Soviet era, resistant to bovine leukosisComposite · Dual-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 IndiaMalnad Giddaಮಲೆನಾಡು ಗಿಡ್ಡ
A small, dark humpless breed from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, kept for milk and draught work.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreSanga cattle
The umbrella name for native African cattle, mixing humpless taurine and zebu bloodTaurine · 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
🇪🇹 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
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
- Malnad Gidda: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buša: P.Cikovac, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brahman: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Sanga cattle: Just chaos, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bali cattle: Gsarwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gir: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chianina: Monica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Afrikaner: Amada44, Public domain, source
- Ongole: DMR Sekhar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- N'Dama: ILRI, CC BY 2.0, source
- Santa Gertrudis: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hariana: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Sindhi: LunaticFringe97, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nguni: arboresce, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Javari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source