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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; Use: Beef, Dairy
Slovakian Pinzgau (Slovakia)

  • Dark red with white; Use: Beef, Dairy
Sokoto Gudali (Nigeria)

  • White, cream, or dun; hump; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught
South Devon (England)

  • Medium red or yellowish-brown; Use: Beef
Steppe Red (China)

  • Deep red; Use: Dairy, Beef
Sudanese Fulani (Mali)

  • Grey with dark patches; Use: Beef
Suksun (Siberia)

  • Red; Use: Dairy
Sussex (England)

  • Deep red; Use: Beef, Draught
Swedish Red and White (Sweden)

  • Cherry red with small white markings;




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