All breeds
146 breeds so far, best known first. 294 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBantengbanṭéng (Javanese/Sundanese)
A wild Southeast Asian ox; its tame form, Bali cattle, runs feral in northern AustraliaBanteng · Beef · Drought-hardy
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 5 moreZebu
Humped, heat-tolerant cattle of South Asia, kept for milk, meat, work and ridingZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesTexas Longhorn
American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇳 IndiaKhillari
A draft breed from Maharashtra and Karnataka, compact with sweeping horns and grey-white coats.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 2 moreUkrainian GreyСіра українська порода
An ancient grey Podolian breed from Ukraine, kept for draught work and meat.Taurine · Beef · Drought-hardy
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej
A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena
A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇮🇳 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
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
- Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banteng: Magalhães, Public domain, source
- Khillari: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ukrainian Grey: Марія Гарбар, 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
- Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source