Results for "endangered"
29 breeds found.
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBantengbanṭéng (Javanese/Sundanese)
A wild Southeast Asian ox; its tame form, Bali cattle, runs feral in northern AustraliaBanteng · Beef · Drought-hardy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 morePinzgauer
Chestnut Austrian cattle with a broad white stripe along the back and bellyTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaVechur
The world's smallest cattle breed from Kerala, kept for efficient milk production.Zebu · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreLakenvelder
A small Dutch dual-purpose breed with a black or red coat and a broad white belt around the middle.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 2 moreUkrainian GreyСіра українська порода
An ancient grey Podolian breed from Ukraine, kept for draught work and meat.Taurine · Beef · Drought-hardy
🇭🇷 Croatia and 1 moreBoškarin
A gray dual-purpose breed from the Istrian peninsula, kept for milk and gourmet beef.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇳 IndiaPunganur
A tiny zebu of the Andhra Pradesh hills, kept for milk and draught workZebu · Dual-purpose · Rich milk
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena
A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇮🇳 IndiaMalnad Giddaಮಲೆನಾಡು ಗಿಡ್ಡ
A small, dark humpless breed from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, kept for milk and draught work.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇮🇳 IndiaBargurபர்கூர் / ಬರಗೂರು / ബർഗൂർ പശു
A compact zebu from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, brown with white patches and known for speed.Zebu · Dual-purpose · Quick and strong
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Polled無角和種
A small black Japanese beef breed, hornless in both sexesTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMurnau-Werdenfels
A long-lived brown dairy breed of the Bavarian uplands, milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇦🇹 AustriaTux-ZillertalTux-Zillertaler
A stocky Alpine breed from Tirol, black or red, once bred for cow-fighting contests.Taurine · Beef · Spirited
🇸🇪 SwedenVäneko
An endangered Swedish dairy breed, black or red with white, named for a villageTaurine · Dairy
🇮🇳 IndiaAlambadi
A humped draught breed from Tamil Nadu, horned and now close to extinctionZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇪🇸 SpainPajuna
An endangered Andalusian breed, dark bulls and red-brown cows, once used for draught workTaurine · Draught · Cold-hardy
🇫🇷 FranceArmoricaine
A red and white Breton cow kept for milk and meat, once down to forty headTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇳 IndiaUmblachery
A small grey zebu from the Tamil Nadu coast, bred as an ox for rice paddiesZebu · Draught · Rich milk
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceBretonne Pie Noir
A small pied black and white dairy cow from Brittany, once half a million strongTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind
A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla
A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong
🇳🇴 NorwayTelemarkTelemarkfe
A small red dairy breed from Telemark in Norway, with a white cross on the backTaurine · Dairy
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreAlbera
A small cold-hardy breed of the Albera Massif, black or pale, used to clear scrubTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇫🇷 FranceLourdaiseLordés
A rare white Pyrenean breed from near Lourdes, once milk, meat and draught in oneTaurine · Beef
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Malnad Gidda: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Japanese Polled: JIRCAS Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tux-Zillertal: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pinzgauer: Wald1siedel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Väneko: Philaweb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lakenvelder: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Telemark: Torstein Frogner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punganur: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Banteng: Magalhães, Public domain, source
- Murnau-Werdenfels: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ukrainian Grey: Марія Гарбар, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alambadi: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nelore: Jose Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pajuna: DFoidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Armoricaine: Yannig.coulomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Umblachery: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boškarin: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bargur: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vechur: Mullookkaaran, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Albera: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bretonne Pie Noir: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Lourdaise: Darreenvt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source