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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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🇭🇺 HungaryHungarian GreyMagyar Szürke A tall, long-horned Podolic breed from the Hungarian plains, kept for beef and draught work.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

🇮🇹 Italy and 2 morePiedmontesePiemontese A white Italian beef breed known for double muscling and premium lean meat.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef

🇦🇹 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

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · 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
Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Piedmontese: Aleks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hungarian Grey: The original uploader was Faludi at Hungarian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Fleckvieh: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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