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EveryCow

Cattle breeds of North America

Texas Longhorn, American Brahman, Santa Gertrudis and Brangus, the Canadienne, and the ranch country of the plains. 7 breeds on EveryCow so far.

🇺🇸 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

🇺🇸 United StatesAnkole-Watusi A large-horned American breed derived from African Sanga cattle, kept for its distinctive horns and hardy build.Sanga · Heritage · Long-horned

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBeefalo A cattle and bison hybrid raised for beef in the United StatesComposite · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreBrown Swiss A medium-sized American dairy breed descended from the Alpine Braunvieh, kept for high milk yield and cheese-making.Composite · Dairy · Rich milk

🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSanta Gertrudis A red American beef breed created from zebu and European cattle in Texas.Composite · Beef · Heat-tolerant

🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBrangus A black polled beef breed from the United States, combining Angus meat quality with Brahman heat tolerance.Composite · Beef · Heat-tolerant

Photo credits on this page

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

Brahman: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Brown Swiss: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
Brangus: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
Santa Gertrudis: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ankole-Watusi: Vassil, Public domain, source
Beefalo: Mark Spearman, CC BY 2.0, source
Texas Longhorn: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, source

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