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4 breeds found.

🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreAurochs The wild ancestor of all domestic cattle, extinct since 1627Wild · Long-horned

🇮🇳 India and 2 moreIndian aurochs An extinct wild ancestor of zebu cattle that lived in South Asia until the Stone Age.Wild

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreGayal A semi-domesticated bovine of the Eastern Himalayas, kept for meat, milk and ceremonyMithun · Beef

🇨🇳 China and 2 moreWild yak A massive, shaggy wild bovine native to the high plateaux and peaks of the HimalayasYak · Beef · Cold-hardy

Photo credits on this page

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

Aurochs: Jaap Rouwenhorst (photograph) DFoidl (GIMP modifications), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Indian aurochs: Jochen Ackermann (User name: Altaileopard ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Gayal: Aditya Kabir, Public domain, source
Wild yak: Jim, the Photographer, CC BY 2.0, source

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