Results for "rare"
11 breeds found.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway
A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 morePustertaler SprinzenPustertaler Schecken
Rare colour-sided Alpine cattle from South Tyrol: white with brown or black flank patchesTaurine · Dual-purpose
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí
A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇳 IndiaKenkathaकेन्काथा
A small grey and black zebu draught breed from the Ken river country of BundelkhandZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers
🇦🇹 AustriaCarinthian BlondviehKärntner Blondvieh
An old triple-purpose breed from Carinthia in Austria, white or light yellowTaurine · Triple-purpose
🇸🇪 SwedenBohuskulla
A rare, hornless Swedish mountain breed, usually black or brown and often colour-sidedTaurine · Heritage · Quick and strong
🇮🇪 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
🇮🇳 IndiaAlambadi
A humped draught breed from Tamil Nadu, horned and now close to extinctionZebu · Draught · Quick and strong
🇫🇷 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.
- Bohuskulla: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Alambadi: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kerry: Pedroserafin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenkatha: Pavanaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carinthian Blondvieh: Mefusbren69, Public domain, source
- Lourdaise: Darreenvt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source