Results for "island"
24 breeds found.
- Enderby Island Cattle place
🇳🇿 New ZealandCampbell Island cattle
A feral herd on a New Zealand island, extinct by about 1984Taurine
🇳🇿 New ZealandEnderby Island cattle
A feral herd from a subantarctic island: small, long-barrelled, mostly black and whiteTaurine · Heritage · Cold-hardy
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing
A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇵🇹 PortugalRamo GrandeRaça Bovina Ramo Grande
A large red-brown cattle breed from Terceira in the Azores, once used for work and milkTaurine · Triple-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 FranceCorse
A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇩 IndonesiaMaduraSapi madura
A small reddish-brown Indonesian hybrid of zebu and banteng, raced with a sledZebu · Sport · Quick and strong
🇬🇧 United KingdomAlderney
An extinct small dairy breed from the Channel Islands, dun or fawn and short-hornedTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇯🇵 JapanMishima見島牛
A small black beef breed that survives only on Mishima Island, JapanTaurine · Beef
🇰🇷 South KoreaJeju Black제주흑우
A small black taurine breed kept on Jeju Island, now a national monumentTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇨🇺 CubaSiboney de Cuba
A Cuban dairy cross of Holstein Friesian and zebu, bred for milk since the 1960sComposite · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇺🇸 United StatesAleutian wild cattle
Feral cattle of the Alaskan Aleutians, linked by genetics to Highland cattleTaurine · Beef
🇯🇲 JamaicaJamaica Hope
A heat-tolerant Jamaican dairy breed built from zebu and European dairy bloodComposite · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇹 ItalySarda
A small horned beef breed from Sardinia with a dark stripe along its spineTaurine · Beef
🇵🇭 PhilippinesPhilippine Native
A small island zebu of the Philippines, kept for milk, meat and workZebu · Triple-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalySardo Bruna
A horned, mouse-grey beef breed from the island of SardiniaTaurine · Beef
🇺🇸 United StatesHawaiian wild cattle
Feral cattle descended from animals given to a Hawaiian king in the 1790sTaurine · Spirited
🇮🇹 ItalyModicana
A horned dual-purpose breed from Ragusa province, Sicily, in wheaten to near-black coats.Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalySardo Modicana
A horned beef breed from Sardinia, its red coat ranging from pale to deep wine-redTaurine · Beef
🇬🇧 United KingdomSwona
A feral herd on an Orkney island, on its own since the last people left in 1974Taurine · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreJersey
A small brown dairy breed from the Channel Island of Jersey, known for rich yellow milkTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing
A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇵🇹 PortugalRamo GrandeRaça Bovina Ramo Grande
A large red-brown cattle breed from Terceira in the Azores, once used for work and milkTaurine · Triple-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 FranceCorse
A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇩 IndonesiaMaduraSapi madura
A small reddish-brown Indonesian hybrid of zebu and banteng, raced with a sledZebu · Sport · Quick and strong
🇬🇧 United KingdomAlderney
An extinct small dairy breed from the Channel Islands, dun or fawn and short-hornedTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇯🇵 JapanMishima見島牛
A small black beef breed that survives only on Mishima Island, JapanTaurine · Beef
🇰🇷 South KoreaJeju Black제주흑우
A small black taurine breed kept on Jeju Island, now a national monumentTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇨🇺 CubaSiboney de Cuba
A Cuban dairy cross of Holstein Friesian and zebu, bred for milk since the 1960sComposite · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇺🇸 United StatesAleutian wild cattle
Feral cattle of the Alaskan Aleutians, linked by genetics to Highland cattleTaurine · Beef
🇯🇲 JamaicaJamaica Hope
A heat-tolerant Jamaican dairy breed built from zebu and European dairy bloodComposite · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇮🇹 ItalySarda
A small horned beef breed from Sardinia with a dark stripe along its spineTaurine · Beef
🇵🇭 PhilippinesPhilippine Native
A small island zebu of the Philippines, kept for milk, meat and workZebu · Triple-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalySardo Bruna
A horned, mouse-grey beef breed from the island of SardiniaTaurine · Beef
🇺🇸 United StatesHawaiian wild cattle
Feral cattle descended from animals given to a Hawaiian king in the 1790sTaurine · Spirited
🇮🇹 ItalyModicana
A horned dual-purpose breed from Ragusa province, Sicily, in wheaten to near-black coats.Dual-purpose
🇮🇹 ItalySardo Modicana
A horned beef breed from Sardinia, its red coat ranging from pale to deep wine-redTaurine · Beef
🇬🇧 United KingdomSwona
A feral herd on an Orkney island, on its own since the last people left in 1974Taurine · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreJersey
A small brown dairy breed from the Channel Island of Jersey, known for rich yellow milkTaurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
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
- Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Ramo Grande: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain, source
- Philippine Native: Rene G. Abad, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Corse: luiginter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Madura: Vebra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Jeju Black: Jeju black cattle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Alderney: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Mishima: LT sfm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hawaiian wild cattle: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0, source
- Swona: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Jersey: Man vyi, Public domain, source