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EveryCow

How complete is EveryCow?

Nobody has a full list of the world's cattle breeds. The FAO's global databank counts well over a thousand, many breeds have a dozen names, and many village populations were never written down. So EveryCow shows its working.

Where the list comes from

Every item that Wikidata files as a cattle breed and that has an English Wikipedia article; every article in Wikipedia's cattle breed categories, by country of origin; the breeds linked from Wikipedia's list of cattle breeds; and our own list of the breeds each region is known for, so that small native breeds are not crowded out by the global ones.

Where things stand today

GroupPublishedWaiting to be writtenWaiting for reviewJudged not a breed
Our own list of breeds, from the products, days and places129246412
Cattle breeds, as Wikidata and Wikipedia file them02500
Other cattle subjects (not queued)01100
Total129282412

Country overviews written: 35 of 126. Photos: 122 of 129 breeds have a free-licence photo; the rest show a drawing until one is found. Also written by hand: 67 products, 108 cattle towns, fairs and pastures, 63 days and 193 concepts.

New pages are written every day, best documented first. Wikidata and Wikipedia are re-read every week for breeds added since.

What is missing

Breeds with no English Wikipedia article are not here yet. That leaves out many native and village breeds, and it favours the global commercial breeds. By region so far: Europe 66, South Asia 31, North America 7, East Asia 7, Sub-Saharan Africa 5, Central Asia and the Caucasus 5, Latin America and the Caribbean 5, Southeast Asia 3.

Countries with an overview and the fewest breeds so far: Afghanistan (0), Armenia (0), Azerbaijan (0), Belarus (0), Benin (0), Bolivia (0), Bulgaria (0), Cameroon (0), Chad (0), Chile (0), Costa Rica (0), Cyprus (0), Dominican Republic (0), Ecuador (0), El Salvador (0), Eritrea (0), Georgia (0), Ghana (0), Greece (0), Haiti (0).

If you know a breed we should add, write to cow@cleartrust.cc.

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