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All breeds

146 breeds so far, best known first. 294 more are on the list to be written.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreAyrshire Red-and-white dairy cattle from south-west Scotland, hardy, long-lived and easy calversTaurine · Dairy · Easy calving

🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile

🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Rich milk

🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreTyrol GreyTiroler Grauvieh An alpine dual-purpose breed of the Tyrol, milked and fattenedTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong

🇩🇪 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

Photo credits on this page

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

Normande: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source

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