List of cattle breeds
Reference: wikipedia
The following is a list of breeds of cattle. Over 800 breeds of cattle are
recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, others which
were bred by humans for specialized uses. Breeds fall into two main types,
regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species.
Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus) cattle, also called zebu, are adapted to hot
climates. Bos taurus (or Bos taurus taurus) are the typical cattle of Europe,
north-eastern Asia, and parts of Africa – they are referred to in this list as
"taurine" cattle, and many are adapted to cooler climates. Taurus/indicus hybrids
are widely bred in many warmer regions, combining characteristics of both the
ancestral types (such as the Sanga cattle of Africa). In some parts of the world
further species of cattle are found (both as wild and domesticated animals), and
some of these are related so closely to taurine and indicus cattle that interspecies
hybrids have been bred. Examples include the Dwarf Lulu cattle of the mountains
of Nepal with yak blood, the Beefalo of North America with bison genes, the
Selembu breed of India and Bhutan with gayal genes. The Madura breed of
Indonesia may have banteng in its parentage. The Dzo of Nepal is an infertile
cattle-yak crossing which is bred for agricultural work. Like the mule which is also
infertile, they have to be continually bred from the parent species.
Used for multiple purposes
Abondance (cattle)
Barrosã (cattle)
British White
Randall (cattle)
Red Poll heifers
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
These breeds are used for multiple purposes.
Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
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Abondance (Dairy/beef)
Adamawa (Dairy/beef/draught)
Ala Tau (Dairy/beef)
Albanian (Dairy/draught)
Alentejana Cattle (Beef/draught)
Allmogekor (Beef/draught)
American White Park (Dairy/beef)
Amerifax: (Dairy/beef)
Anatolian Black (Dairy/draught)
Angeln cattle (Dairy)
Angus Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Argentine Criollo (Dairy/beef)
Armorican (Dairy/beef)
Arouquesa Cattle (Beef/draught)
Asturian Mountain (Dairy/beef)
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Asturian Valley (Dairy/beef)
Aubrac cattle (Dairy/beef)
Aulie-Atta (Dairy/beef)
Aure et Saint-Girons (Dairy/beef/draught)
Avileña(Beef/draught)
Ayrshire(Dairy/beef)
Balancer cattle (Dairy/beef)
Barrosã Cattle (Beef/draught)
Beef Freisian (Dairy/beef)
Belgian Blue (Beef/draught)
Belgian Red (Beef/draught)
Berrenda (Beef/draught/sport)
Betizu (Beef/draught)
Bianca Val Padana (Dairy/Beef)
Blonde d'Aquitaine (Beef/draught)
Black Angus (Dairy/beef)
Blanca Cacereña(Beef/draught)
Blanco Orejinegro (BON)(Dairy/draught)
Braunvieh (Dairy/beef)
Brahman (cattle) (Beef/draught)
British Friesian (Dairy/beef)
British White (Dairy/beef)
Bue Lingo (Dairy/beef)
Buša cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Cachena Cattle("Dairy/beef/draught)
Caldelana (Beef/draught)
Camargue (Beef/draught/sport)
Canadienne (Dairy/beef)
Canaria (Beef/draught)
Caracu (Dairy/beef/draught)
Cárdena andaluza (Beef/draught)
Carinthian Blondvieh (Dairy/beef/draught)
Carora (Beef/dairy/draught)
Chianina (Beef/draught)
Charolais (Beef/draught)
Coloursided White Back or Wiltrik (Dairy/beef)
Corriente cattle (Dairy/beef/draught/sport)
Danish Red (Dairy/beef)
Deep Red Cattle or Brandrode Rund (Dairy/beef)
Devon (Dairy/beef)
Dexter (Dairy/beef)
Dølafe (Dairy/beef)
Dulong' (Beef/draught)
Dutch Belted or Lakenvelder (Dairy/beef)
Dutch Friesian or Fries Hollands (Dairy/beef)
Eastern Finncattle (Dairy/beef)
English Longhorn (Dairy/beef)
Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle (Beef/draught)
Estonian Red cattle (Dairy/beef)
Finnish cattle (Dairy/beef)
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Fjäll or Swedish Mountain cattle (Dairy/beef)
Fleckvieh (Dairy/draught)
French Simmental (Dairy/beef)
Friesian Red and White or Fries Roodbont Vee (Dairy/beef)
Galician Blond (Rubia Gallega) (Dairy/beef)
Galloway cattle (beef/draught)
Garvonesa Cattle (Beef/draught)
Gascon cattle (Beef/draught)
Gelbvieh (Dairy/beef/draught)
Georgian mountain cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
German Red Pied (German Rotbunte) (Dairy/beef)
Glan cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Gloucester (Dairy/beef/draught)
Greek Shorthorn (Dairy/beef)
Groningen White-Headed or Groninger Blaarkop (Dairy/beef)
Hartón del Valle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Harz Red mountain cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Highland Cattle (Beef)
Hinterwald Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Holando-Argentino (Dairy/beef)
Hungarian Grey (Beef/draught)
Illawara: (Dairy/beef)
Irish Moiled (Dairy/beef)
Istoben cattle (Dairy/beef)
Jarmelista Cattle (Beef/draught)
Jutland cattle (Dairy/beef)
Kalmyk (cattle) (Dairy/beef)
Kazakh Whiteheaded (cattle) (Dairy/beef)
Kerry cattle (Dairy/beef)
Kholmogory (Dairy/beef)
Kostroma Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Kurgan (Dairy/beef)
Latvian Brown (Dairy/beef)
Levantina (Beef/draught)
Limiana (Beef/draught)
Limousin (Beef/draught)
Limpurger: (Dairy/beef)
Lithunian Red (Dairy/beef)
Lourdais (Dairy/beef/draught)
Maine Anjou (Dairy/beef/draught)
Mantequera Leonesa (Dairy/beef/draught)
Maremmana (Dairy/beef/draught)
Marinhoa Cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Maronesa (Dairy/beef/draught)
Mashona (Beef/draught)
Marchigiana (Beef/draught)
Menorquina (Beef/draught)
Mertolenga Cattle (Beef/draught)
Meuse-Rhine-Issel, Meuse-Rhine-Yssel or Maas-Rijn-IJssel (Dairy/beef)
Milking Devon (Dairy/beef/draught)
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Milking Shorthorn (Dairy/beef)
Minhota Cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Mirandesa cattle (Beef/draught)
Monchina (Beef/draught)
Mongolian cattle (Beef/draught)
Montbeliard Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Morucha (Beef/draught/fighting)
Murboden Cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
N'Dama (Dairy/beef)
Negra Andaluza (Beef/draught)
Normande Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Northern Finncattle (Dairy/beef)
Norwegian Red (Dairy/beef)
Pajuna (Beef/draught)
Palmera (Beef/draught/sport)
Parda Alpina (Dairy/Beef)
Parthenais (Beef/draught)
Pasiega (Dairy/draught)
Pembroke cattle (Dairy/beef)
Philippine Native cattle (Dairy/draught)
Pie Rouge des Plaines or French Lowland Red Pied (Dairy/beef)
Piedmontese (Dairy/beef)
Pineywoods/Florida Cracker (Dairy/beef/draught)
Pinzgauer (Dairy/beef)
Pirenaica (Beef/draught)
Polish Red cattle (Dairy/beef/draught)
Preta Cattle (Beef/draught)
Qinchaun (Beef/draught)
Ramo Grande (Beef/dairy/draught)
Randall (Dairy/beef/draught)
Rätische Grauvieh (Dairy/beef/draught)
Red Poll (Dairy/beef)
Red Polled Østland (Dairy/beef)
Red Angus (Dairy/beef)
Reina (Dairy/beef)
Retinta (Beef/draught)
Romagnola cattle (Beef/draught)
Russian Black Pied (Dairy/beef/draught)
Sahiwal (Dairy/beef)
Salers (Beef/draught)
Shetland cattle (Beef/draught)
Shorthorn (Dairy/beef)
Simmental (Dairy/beef/draught)
South Devon (Dairy/beef)
Swedish Red-and-White (Dairy/beef)
Swedish Red Poll (Dairy/beef)
Tarentaise (Dairy/beef)
Telemark cattle (Dairy/beef)
Toro de Lidia / Touro de Lide / Brava Cattle (Beef/sport)
Tswana cattle (Dairy/beef)
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Tudanca (Dairy/draught)
Tuli (Dairy/beef)
Turkish Grey Steppe cattle (Beef/draught)
Tyrolese Grey Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Vaca Toposa or Vaquilla (sport)
Vestland Fjord (Dairy/beef)
Vorderwald Cattle (Dairy/beef)
Vosges (Dairy/beef)
Wagyū (Beef/draught)
Western Finncattle (Dairy/beef)
Western Red Polled (Dairy/beef)
White Cáceres (Beef/draught)
White Park (Dairy/beef)
Yanbian cattle (Beef/draught)
Zebu (Bos indicus)
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Ankole-Watusi (Dairy/beef/draught/show)
African Boran(Beef/pets)
Brahman (cattle) (Dairy/beef/draught)
Dajal (Dairy/beef/draught)
Dhanni (Dairy/beef/draught)
Fulani Sudanese (Dairy/beef/draught)
Gir (Dairy/beef)
Gobra (Beef/draught)
Gudali (Dairy/draught)
Guzerat(Beef/draught)
Halikar (Dairy/beef/draught)
Hariana (Dairy/beef/draught)
Horro (Beef/draught)
Kangayam (Beef/draught)
Kankrej (Beef/draught)
Krishna Valley cattle (Dairy/beef;/draught)
Lohani cattle (Beef/draught)
Madagascar Zebu (Dairy/beef/draught)
Masai cattle (Beef/draught)
Nelore cattle (Beef/draught)
Ongole cattle (Beef/draught)
Rath (Dairy/draught/beef)
Rathi (Dairy/draught/beef)
Red Sindhi (Dairy/beef)
Rohjan (Beef/draught)
Tharparkar (Dairy/draught)
Vianesa (Dairy/beef)
Hybrids
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Afrikaner/Afrikander (Dairy/beef)
Brahmousin: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
Costeño con Cuernos: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
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Hybridmaster: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Israeli Red: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Jamaica Black: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Karan Swiss: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Madura cattle: Banteng/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught/racing)
Nguni: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Sanhe: Taurine/"Mongolian-type" hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught)
Selembu: Cattle/gayal hybrid (Dairy/beef)
Siboney: Taurine/Zebu hybrid (Beef/draught)
Xingjiang Brown: Taurine/"Mongolian-type" hybrid (Dairy/beef/draught)
Used for dairy
Brown Swiss
Holstein
Ayrshire
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
These breeds are primarily used for their milk, in the production of dairy.
Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
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Abigar
Agerolese
Alderney
Angeln
Aulie-Ata
Ayrshire
Belgian Red Cattle
Blaarkop
Black Pied Dairy Cattle
Brown Swiss
Burlina
Chinese black pied
Danish Jersey (Dairy)
Danish Red and variants
Dutch Belted (Lakenvelder)
East Anatolian Red
Évolène Cattle
German Black Pied Cattle
Groningen
Guernsey
Holstein
Red Holstein
Icelandic
Illawarra cattle
Israeli Holstein
Jersey
Kerry cattle
Lineback
Milking Shorthorn
Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle
Northern Shorthorn
Swedish Freisan
Swedish Red Cattle
Ringamåla Cattle
Tux Cattle
Zebu (Bos indicus)
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Achham
Butana and Kenana
Red Sindhi
Sahiwal
Vechoor cow
Hybrids
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Australian Friesian Sahiwal
Australian Milking Zebu
Jamaica Hope
Used for beef
Angus (cattle)
Limousin (cattle)
Murray Grey heifers
Square Meater heifer
Tasmanian Grey cow
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Further information: Beef cattle breeds
These breeds are primarily used for their flesh, in the production of
beef.
Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
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Alberes
Angus
Aubrac cattle
Asturian Mountain
Australian Lowline
Belgian Blue
Belgian Red
Belted Galloway
Bazadais
Bianca Val Padana o Modenese
Black Baldy
Black Hereford (breed)
Black Hereford (hybrid)
Blonde d'Aquitaine
Blue Albion
Blue Grey
Braunvieh
British White
BueLingo
Canadian Speckle Park
Charolais
Chiangus
Chianina
English Longhorn
Florida Cracker
Galloway
German Angus Cattle
Glan Cattle
Greek Steppe cattle
Hays Converter
Hereford
Highland Cattle
Hungarian Grey Cattle
Improved Red and White or Verbeterd Roodbont Vleesras
Limousin
Lincoln Red
Luing
Maine-Anjou cattle
Devon cattle (North Devon, Devon Ruby, Red Ruby)
Murray Grey
Pineywoods
Polled Hereford
Polled Shorthorn
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Pustertal Pied Cattle
Queensland Miniature Borans
Red Angus
Red Poll
Riggit Galloway
Romagnola
RX3
Salorn
Simford (Australian)
Shorthorn
South Devon
Speckle Park cattle
Square Meater
Sussex cattle
Tasmanian Grey
Texas Longhorn
Texon
Vaynol cattle
Wagyū
Welsh Black
Whitebred Shorthorn
White Park
Zebu (Bos indicus)
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Boran
Brahman
Indo-Brazilian
Nelore
Nguni cattle
Ponwar
Red Fulani
White Fulani
Hybrids
Australian Brangus steer
Greyman Cattle Steers on left & in the foreground
Santa Gertrudis cows and calves
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
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Adaptaur: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Africangus: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Afrikaner: Taurine/zebu hybrid
American: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Amerifax: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Australian Braford: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Australian Brangus: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Australian Charbray: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Balancer: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Barzona: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Belmont Red: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Beefmaker: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Beefalo: cattle/American Bison hybrid
Beefmaster: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Bonsmara: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Brahmousin: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Braford: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Brangus: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Canchim: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Charbray: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Droughtmaster: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Gelbray: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Greyman Cattle: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Jamaica Red: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Mandalong Special: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Red Fulani: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Red Brangus:Taurine/zebu hybrid
Romosinuano
Sanga: Taurine/zebu hybrid (A group of breeds)
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Santa Cruz cattle: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Santa Gertrudis cattle: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Senepol: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Simbrah: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Simford (Israeli Red): Taurine/zebu hybrid
Symons Type: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Tswana: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Tuli: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Tulim: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Wangus: Taurine/zebu hybrid
Used as draught animals
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These breeds are primarily used as beasts of burden.
Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
 Aosta cattle
 Sayaguesa Cattle
Zebu (Bos indicus)
 Abyssinian Highland Zebu
 Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu
Hybrids
 Batangas: taurine/zebu hybrid
Bred for other purposes
Ankole-Watusi
These breeds are used for purposes other than those listed
above.
Taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
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Camargue cattle (Beef, bullfighting)
Corriente (Rodeo)
Heck Cattle (Scientific experiment)
Herens (Beef, cow fighting)
Queensland Miniature Boran (Beef/pets)
Spanish Fighting Cattle (Bullfighting, beef)
Hybrids
 Ankole-Watusi: taurine/zebu hybrid (Status
symbol/currency)
 Żubroń: cattle/wisent hybrid (Scientific experiment)
 African Boran Cattle (small) (beef/pets)
Feral cattle
Cattle which have reverted to a wild state.
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Aleutian wild cattle
Amsterdam Island cattle
Campbell Island Cattle (extinct)
Chillingham Cattle
Enderby Island Cattle
Ushuaia Wild Cattle