- Breed (Origin)
- Description
- Aberdeen Angus (Scotland)
- Black, polled; Use: Beef
- Abondance (France)
- Dark red, white underside and extremities with spectacles, or black and white; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu (Ethiopia)
- Grey, fawn, red, bay, black, roan, or pied; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Adamawa (Cameron, Nigeria)
- Pied, red, roan, or brindle; lyre horns; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Africander (South Africa)
- Red, with hump on shoulders; Use: Beef
- Ala Tau (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Albanian (Albania)
- Yellow to reddish-black; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Alentejana (Portugal)
- Golden red; long horns; Use: Beef, Draught
- Alistana-Sanabresa (Spain)
- Chestnut; Use: Beef, Draught
- Als-Tau (Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Alsatian: See – Montbéliard
- American Brown Swiss (Switzerland)
- Brownish-grey; Use: Dairy
- Amorican (France)
- Red, or red and white, or roan; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Amritmahal (India)
- Grey, with lighter markings on face and dewlap; long horns, hump; Use: Draught
- Anatolian Black (Turkey)
- Black; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Andalusian (Spain)
- Dark mahogany red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Angeln (Germany)
- Red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Angoni (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia)
- Many colours; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Ankole (East Africa)
- Red, fawn, black, or pied; long horns; cervo-thoracic lump; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Aosta Red Pied (Italy)
- White and red, or yellowish-red with white head; Use: Draught
- Apulian Podolian (Italy)
- Grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Arado (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
- Shades of red or red and black pied, brown, grey, or white; Use: Beef, Draught
- Arouquesa (Portugal)
- Chestnut; Use: Beef, Draught
- Asturian (Spain)
- Shades of red with paler extremities; Use: Beef, Draught
- Aubrac (France)
- Fawn to brown; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Aulie-Ata (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Black with white markings on underside; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Australian Milking Zebu (Australia)
- Jersey colours; Use: Dairy
- Austrian Yellow (Austria)
- White, or yellow; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Avileña-Black Iberian (Spain)
- Black; Use: Beef, Draught
- Ayrshire (Scotland)
- Red or brown and white spotted; Use: Dairy
- Azaouak (Niger, Nigeria, Mali)
- Dark red, or black, or pied; Use: Dairy, Draught, Pack
- Bachaur (India)
- Grey-white; shorthorned; Use: Draught
- Baggara (Sudan)
- White with red or black markings; Use: Beef, Dairy, Pack
- Baladi (Egypt)
- Reddish-brown; Use: Draught
- Bali (Indonesia)
- Red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Bambara (Mali)
- Yellow-brown to red; Use: Beef
- Bami (Iran)
- Yellow-brown, or black; Use: Beef
- Bapedi (South Africa)
- Black with white under and front, or blue roan; Use: Dairy
- Bargur (India)
- Red and white spotted; long horns; hump; Use: Draught
- Barka (Ethiopia)
- White with black spots or splashes; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Barotse (Angola, Zambia)
- Brown, black, dark red, or fawn; lyre horns; Use: Beef
- Barrosã (Portugal)
- Chestnut; lyre-shaped horns; Use: Beef, Draught
- Bazadais (France)
- Grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Beefalo (USA)
- Usually a shade of brown, occasionally black; Use: Beef
- Beefmaster (USA)
- Red with white spots; Use: Beef
- Beijing (China)
- Black and white pied; Use: Dairy, Beef
- Belarus Red (Belarus)
- Red; Use: Dairy
- Belgian Blue (Belgium)
- Blue and white or black and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Belgian Red (Belgium)
- Red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Berenda (Spain)
- White and roan, or black and white; Use: Beef, Draught
- Bestuzhev (Russia)
- Red with white marks; Use: Dairy, Beef
- Bhagnari (Pakistan)
- Grey-white; shorthorned; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Blacksided Trondheim: See – Nordland
- Blond d’Aquitaine (France)
- Yellow or yellow-brown; Use: Beef, Draught
- Bonsmara (South Africa)
- Red; Use: Beef
- Boran (Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia)
- White or grey, red, or pied; Use: Beef
- Borgou (Benin)
- White with black spots; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Braford (USA)
- Red with white face; Use: Beef
- Brahman (India)
- Light grey or nearly black; hump on shoulders; Use: Beef
- Brahorn (USA)
- ??; Use: Beef
- Brangus (USA)
- Black; no horns; Use: Beef
- Breton Black Pied (France)
- Black and white pied; Use: Dairy
- British Friesian (Holland)
- Black and white; Use: Dairy, Beef
- Brown Atlas (North Africa)
- Fawn, brown, red, or black; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Bulgarian Grey (Bulgaria)
- Grey with black; large lyre horns; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Byelorussian Red (Belarus)
- Rust-red; Use: Dairy
- Cabinnina (Italy)
- Dark brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Caldelana (Spain)
- Black; Use: Beef, Draught
- Caracú (Brazil)
- Yellow, or cream; long horns; Use: Dairy, Beef, Draught
- Carpathian Brown (Ukraine)
- Light grey to dark brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Caucasian Brown (Azerbaijan)
- Brown with dark markings; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Chaqueño (Argentina)
- Dun, or red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Charbray (USA)
- White; Use: Beef
- Charolais (France)
- White; Use: Beef, Draught
- Chianina (Italy)
- White with dark pigments on the skin; Use: Beef, Draught
- Czech Black Pied Lowland (Czech Republic)
- Black and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Czech Pied (Czech Republic)
- Red and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Dabieshan (China)
- Yellow; Use: Draught
- Danakil (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia)
- Blond, chestnut, or grey; long horns; Use: Dairy
- Dangi (India)
- Red and white, or black and white, with spots; lateral horns; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Danish Black Pied (Denmark)
- Black and white pied; Use: Dairy
- Danish Red (Denmark)
- Deep red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Dengchuan (China)
- Yellow-brown; Use: Beef, Draught
- Deoni (India)
- Black and white, or red and white, with spots; lateral horns; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Devon (England)
- Dark cherry red; Use: Beef
- Dexter (Ireland)
- Black or Red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Dhanni (Pakistan)
- White, with black or red spots; lateral horns; Use: Draught
- Diali (Niger)
- White, or pied; Use: Draught, Pack
- Dishti (Iraq)
- Light tan to rich cream; Use: Beef, Draught
- Drakensberger (South Africa)
- Black; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Droughtmaster (Australia)
- Red; Use: Beef
- Durham: See – Shorthorn
- Dutch Friesian (Holland)
- Black and white; Use: Dairy
- Egyptian (Egypt)
- Yellowish-brown, or reddish-brown; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Estonian Red (Estonia)
- Red, or brown; Use: Dairy
- Fighting Bull (Portugal, Spain)
- Black; Use: Sport
- Finncattle (Finland)
- Mainly brown; no horns; Use: Dairy
- Finnish Ayrshire (Scotland)
- A little whiter than original Ayrshire; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Fribourg (Switzerland)
- Black and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Galician Blond (Spain)
- Red; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Galloway (Scotland)
- Black; no horns; Use: Beef
- Gaolao (India)
- White; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Gasconne (France)
- Light to dark silver-grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Gelbvieh (Germany)
- Yellow; Use: Dairy, Draught
- German Black Pied (Germany)
- Black and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- German Red (Germany)
- Red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- German Red Pied (Germany)
- Red and white in clearly defined areas; Use: Beef, Dairy
- German Yellow: See – Gelbvieh
- Gir (India)
- Mottled yellowish-red to almost black, or red and white mottled; lateral horns; hump; Use: Dairy
- Gobra (Senegal)
- White, brindle, straw, yellow-brown, or red and white pied; Use: Beef, Draught, Pack
- Golpayegani (Iran)
- Black, or red; Use: Dairy
- Gorbatov Red (Russia)
- Red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Greek Shorthorn (Greece)
- Grey to brown; Use: Beef, Draught
- Grey Alpine (Italy)
- Grey; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Groningen White-headed (Holland)
- Black with white head; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Guanling (China)
- Yellow-brown; hump; Use: Beef, Draught
- Guernsey (Channel Islands)
- Orange, fawn, and white spotted; Use: Dairy
- Hallikar (India)
- Grey; long horns; hump; Use: Draught
- Hariana (India)
- White, or light grey; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Hereford (England)
- Red bodies and white faces; Use: Beef
- Hérens (Switzerland)
- Dark red-brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Holstein-Friesian (Holland)
- Black and white spotted; Use: Dairy
- Hungarian Grey (Hungary)
- Grey; long lyre horns; Use: Beef
- Hungarian Pied (Hungary)
- Red and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Hungarofries (Hungary)
- Black and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Iskar: See – Bulgarian Grey
- Istoben (Russia)
- Black, or Black and white pied; Use: Dairy
- Italian Brown (Italy)
- Grey-brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Italian Red Pied (Italy)
- Yellowish-red and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Jamaica Black (Jamaica)
- Black; Use: Beef
- Jamaica Brahman (Jamaica)
- White, or grey, or brown; hump; Use: Beef
- Jamaica Hope (Jamaica)
- No uniform colour; Use: Dairy
- Jamaica Red (Jamaica)
- Light to deep red; Use: Beef
- Japanese Black (Japan)
- Black; Use: Beef
- Japanese Brown (Japan)
- Light brown to reddish-brown; Use: Beef
- Japanese Poll (Japan)
- Black; Use: Beef
- Japanese Shorthorn (Japan)
- Red, or red and white, or roan; Use: Beef
- Jaulan (Syria)
- Black with white head and black spectacles; Use: Draught
- Jenubi (Iraq)
- Light golden red to bright bay; hump; Use: Dairy, Beef, Draught
- Jersey (Channel Islands)
- Grey to dark fawn or reddish-brown; Use: Dairy
- Kalmyk (Kazakstan)
- Red with white; Use: Beef
- Kangayam (India)
- Grey, or white; long horns; Use: Draught
- Kankrej (India)
- Grey; hump; long lyre-shaped horns; Use: Draught
- Kazakh (China)
- Blackish-brown, or grey; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Kenkatha (India)
- Grey; lyre horns; drooping easrs; hump; Use: Draught
- Kenyan Boran (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia)
- White with black, red, fawn, or black; Use: Beef
- Kerry (Ireland)
- Black with a little white below; Use: Dairy
- Kherigarh (India)
- White; lyre horns; hump; Use: Draught
- Khillari (India)
- Grey or white; long, pointed horns; Use: Draught
- Kholmogor (Russia)
- Black and wite; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Kostroma (Russia)
- Grey, brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Krankrej (India)
- White to grey, with black; lyre horns; hump; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Krishna Valley (India)
- White, or grey; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Kurgan (Siberia)
- Red, red and white, or roan; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Kuri (Chad, Libya, Sudan)
- Usually white, may have grey or red patches; gigantic horns; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Latvian Brown (Latvia)
- Red, brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Lebedin (Ukraine)
- Grey-brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Limousin (France)
- Dark yellow-brown with blond forehead; Use: Beef
- Lincoln Red (Scandanavia)
- Cherry red; Use: Beef
- Lithuanian Red (Lithuania)
- Red to brown; Use: Dairy
- Lohanni (Pakistan)
- Red, with white; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Lugware (Nile Valley)
- Black pied, or brown pied; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Luing (Scotland)
- Red, yellow, white, roan, or brindle; Use: Beef
- Luxi (China)
- Yellowish-brown, or black, or dun; Use: Beef, Draught
- Maine-Anjou (France)
- Red and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Malvi (India)
- Grey, lyre horns; Use: Draught
- Marchigiana (Italy)
- Light grey to white; Use: Beef, Draught
- Maremmana (Italy)
- Grey; Use: Beef
- Mazandarani (Iran)
- Various colours; Use: Dairy, Beef
- Mertolenga (Portugal)
- Red, or red and white; Use: Beef, Draught
- Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel (Holland)
- Red and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Mewati (India)
- White, or grey; Use: Draught
- Milking Shorthorn (England )
- Red, white, roan, or red and white spotted; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Minhota (Portugal)
- Yellow-broewn; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Miranda (Portugal)
- Dark brown on males, lighter on females; Use: Beef, Draught
- Mishima (Japan)
- Black; Use: Dairy, Beef, Draught
- Modenese (Italy)
- White; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Monchina (Spain)
- Red; Use: Beef
- Mongolian (Mongolia)
- Reddish-brown, or black, or yellow; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Montbéliard (France)
- Bright red and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Morucha (Spain)
- Purple-grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Murcian (Spain)
- Chesnut; Use: Beef, Draught
- Murray Grey (Australia)
- Silver to grey; no horns; Use: Beef
- Nagori (India)
- White, or grey; Use: Draught
- N’Dama (Guinea, Morocco)
- Usually fawn, may be white, yellow, or red, long lyre-shaped horns; Use: Beef, Draft
- Nanyang (China)
- Red, with yellow or grey spots; Use: Draught
- Nejdi (Iran)
- Various colours; Use: Dairy
- Nepalese Hill Zebu (Nepal)
- Black, or dark brown, with white; hump; Use: Draught
- Nguni (Mobambique, South Africa, Swaziland)
- Variety of colours; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Nigerian Fulani: See – Diali
- Nimari (India)
- Red, with white; lateral horns; hump; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Nordland (Norway)
- White with black patches superimposed; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Normandy (France)
- Reddish-brown and white, or brindled; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Old Gloucestershire (England)
- Mahogany brown with black head and legs and a white line down the and to the underside; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
- Ongole (India)
- White, or grey, with blue; hump; Use: Draught
- Pajuna (Spain)
- Red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Parthenais (France)
- Fawn; Use: Beef
- Pie Rouge de l’Est (France)
- Red and white pied; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Piedmont (Italy)
- Light grey-brown; Use: Beef
- Piemontese (Italy)
- Tan to light grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Pinzgauer (Austria)
- Light red to dark chestnut-brown, white below, on back, and tail; Use: Beef, Draught
- Polish Black-and-White Lowland (Poland)
- Black and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Polish Red (Poland)
- Red; Use: Dairy
- Polish Simmental (Poland)
- Yellow or red, and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Polled Hereford (U.S.A.)
- Like Hereford; but no horns; Use: Beef
- Polled Shorthorn (U.S.A.)
- Like Shorthorn; but no horns; Use: Beef
- Pontremolese (Italy)
- Dark yellow; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Ponwar (India)
- Black and white; lyre horns; Use: Draught
- Pyrenean (Spain)
- Cream to red; Use: Beef
- Qinchian (China)
- Red, or yellow; hump; Use: Beef, Draught
- Rath (India)
- White, with dark grey markings; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Red Bororo (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria)
- Mahogany; long lyre horns; hump; Use: Beef, Draught
- Red Poll (England)
- Red; no horns; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Red Sindhi (Pakistan)
- Red ; Use: Dairy
- Red Steppe (Ukraine)
- Red; Use: Dairy
- Reggiana (Italy)
- Dark yellow; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Rendena (Italy)
- Dark chesnut; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Retinta (Spain)
- Red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Rodopi (Bulgaria)
- Grey-brown to brown-black, with white; dwarf; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Romana Red (Puerto Rico)
- Red; Use: Beef, Draught
- Romagnola (Italy)
- Tan to grey; Use: Beef, Draught
- Russian Black Pied (Russia)
- Black and white pied; Use: Dairy
- Russian Brown (Russia)
- Grey-brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Russian Simmental (Russia)
- Straw and white; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Rustaqi (Iraq)
- Light tan, or dark red, or light grey, or white; Use: Draught
- Sahiwal (Pakistan)
- Reddish-brown, or white, or brown-fawn, grey and white, or black and white; Use: Dairy
- Saidi (Egypt)
- Dark brown; Use: Beef, Draught
- Salers (France)
- Mahogany-red; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Sanhe (China)
- Red and white, or black and white pied; Use: Dairy, Beef
- Santa Gertrudis (U.S.A.)
- Dark red; Use: Beef
- Sarabi (Iran)
- Red; Use: Dairy, Beef, Draught
- Sayaquesa (Spain)
- Black; Use: Beef, Draught
- Schwyz-Zeboid (Tajikstan)
- Brown; Use: Beef, Dairy
- Sharabi (Iraq)
- White and black; small horns; Use: Beef, Draught
- Shorthorn (England)
- White, red, roan, or red and white; Use: Beef
- Shuwa (Chad, Nigeria)
- Dark red, black, or pied; Use: Beef, Dairy, Pack
- Simbrah (U.S.A.)
- Red with white; Use: Beef
- Simmental (Switzerland)
- Red and white to fawn and white; Use: Beef, Dairy (Europe); Beef (North America)
- Siri (Bhutan)
- Black and white, or red and white, or black; hump; Use: Dairy, Draught
- Sistani (Iran)
- Black, or black and white pied; Use: Beef
- Slovakian Pied (Slovakia)
- Yellowish-red and white pied;
