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🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile 🇺🇸 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 🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile 🇫🇷 France and 3 moreCharolaisCharolaise A large French taurine beef breed from eastern France, white to cream with pink noses and curved horns.Taurine · Beef · Docile 🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 moreBelgian BlueBlanc-Bleu Belge / Belgisch Witblauw A muscular beef breed from Belgium known for its blue-grey coat and double-muscling gene.Taurine · Beef · Docile 🇺🇸 United StatesTexas Longhorn American beef cattle, once feral on Texas ranges, with horn spreads beyond 2.4 mTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile 🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreChianina A massive white Italian breed known for beef production and historic draught work in Tuscany.Taurine · 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 🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreBraunvieh A large Alpine brown dairy breed from Switzerland, known for its strength and high milk yield.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy 🇭🇺 HungaryHungarian GreyMagyar Szürke A tall, long-horned Podolic breed from the Hungarian plains, kept for beef and draught work.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef 🇺🇸 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 3 moreDanish RedRød Dansk Malkerace A red Danish dairy breed, with a modern line and a 1970 lineTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk 🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSahiwal A heat-tolerant zebu from the Punjab, kept for milk, meat and draught workZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGir A humped dairy breed from Gujarat, red and white with long drooping ears and a domed foreheadZebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇦🇹 Austria and 1 morePinzgauer Chestnut Austrian cattle with a broad white stripe along the back and bellyTaurine · Triple-purpose 🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreDexter A small Irish dual-purpose breed, usually black or red, kept for milk and beef on poor land.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers 🇫🇷 France and 2 moreBlonde d'Aquitaine A big wheat-coated beef breed from south-west France, born of three old draught linesTaurine · Beef 🇫🇷 France and 2 moreNormande A large red-pied French dual-purpose breed, kept for rich milk and marbled beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · 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 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreNelore A large humped beef breed from India, now dominant in Brazil and known for heat tolerance and parasite resistance.Zebu · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇮🇹 Italy and 2 morePiedmontesePiemontese A white Italian beef breed known for double muscling and premium lean meat.Taurine · Beef · Marbled beef 🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 moreKalmykКалмыцкая A compact red beef breed of the old Soviet Union, noted for exceptional toughnessTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers 🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 moreHanwoo한우 A small, brown taurine breed from Korea, once used for work and now prized for its premium beef.Taurine · Beef · Docile 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreOngole A short-horned zebu breed from Andhra Pradesh, white with dark markings, used for work and milk.Zebu · Draught · Heat-tolerant 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy 🇫🇷 France and 2 moreAbondance A red and white dairy breed from the French Alps, kept for milk and mountain grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇦🇹 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 🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red-and-WhiteSvensk röd och vit boskap A red and white Swedish milk breed with horns on cows and bulls alikeTaurine · Dairy 🇭🇷 Croatia and 5 moreBuša A little mountain cow of the Balkans with short horns, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Disease-resistant 🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Black黒毛和種 A black-coated Japanese beef breed whose Tajima strain supplies Kobe beefTaurine · Beef 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 2 moreUkrainian GreyСіра українська порода An ancient grey Podolian breed from Ukraine, kept for draught work and meat.Taurine · Beef · Drought-hardy 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreEnglish Longhorn A large horned beef breed from northern England, marked by a white line along the spineTaurine · Beef · Long-horned 🇮🇳 IndiaDeoni A horned draught breed from Maharashtra, kept for work and milkZebu · Dual-purpose 🇸🇪 SwedenFjällSvensk fjällras A polled, mostly white dairy cow from the Swedish mountains, hardy on thin grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Polled 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKankrej A grey zebu from the dry Rann of Kutch, kept for milk and for work oxenZebu · Dual-purpose · Heat-tolerant 🇮🇳 IndiaPunganur A tiny zebu of the Andhra Pradesh hills, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose · Rich milk 🇮🇳 IndiaMalvi A white or grey zebu of the Malwa plateau, kept for the yoke and poor at milkZebu · Draught 🇺🇸 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 🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant 🇮🇳 IndiaRathiराठी A brown and white dairy breed from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, kept by nomadic Rath herders.Zebu · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKangayamகாங்கேயம் A grey Tamil draught zebu whose bulls run in races and in the Jallikattu arenaZebu · Draught · Quick and strong 🇧🇷 BrazilGuzerá A Brazilian humped breed from Kankrej and Crioulo stock, usually grey or whiteZebu · Beef · Polled 🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled 🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers 🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Brown褐毛和種 A small brown beef breed from Kōchi and Kumamoto, one of the four wagyūTaurine · Beef 🇧🇷 BrazilCanchim A Brazilian beef breed, white to cream, with a small hump, bred from zebu and CharolaisComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreSouth Devon Huge pale-red beef cattle from Devon and Cornwall, once milked and worked as oxenTaurine · Beef 🇫🇷 FranceArmoricaine A red and white Breton cow kept for milk and meat, once down to forty headTaurine · Dual-purpose 🇧🇷 BrazilCaracu A solid-red Brazilian Criollo beef breed from Minas Gerais, humpless and hornedTaurine · Beef 🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Shorthorn日本短角種 A small Japanese beef breed of the north, red, roan or red-pied, horned in both sexesTaurine · Beef 🇫🇷 FranceCorse A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers 🇮🇳 IndiaUmblachery A small grey zebu from the Tamil Nadu coast, bred as an ox for rice paddiesZebu · Draught · Rich milk 🇫🇷 FranceBretonne Pie Noir A small pied black and white dairy cow from Brittany, once half a million strongTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers 🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled 🇪🇸 SpainVianesa A dark brown beef breed from Galicia, kept in small herdsTaurine · Beef 🇺🇸 United StatesFlorida Cracker A small Spanish-descended Criollo breed from Florida, varied in colour, kept for heritageTaurine · Triple-purpose

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