Cattle

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; Use: Beef, Dairy

Swiss Black Pied (Switzerland)

• Black and white; Use: Beef

Swiss Brown (Switzerland)

• Grey-brown; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught

Sychevka (Russia)

• Straw and white; Use: Beef, Dairy

Tagil (Russia)

• Black and white pied, black, red, or red pied; Use: Dairy

Tamankaduwa (Sri Lanka)

• White; hump; Use: Dairy, Draught

Tambov Red (Russia)

• Red and white; Use: Beef, Dairy

Tarai (Nepal)

• White, or grey, or black, or brown; lyre horns; Use: Draught

Tartentaise (France)

• Yellowish-fawn; Use: Dairy

Tashkent: See -- Bushuev

Telemark (Norway)

• Red with white patches on back and below; Use: Dairy

Texas Longhorn (Mexico, Texas)

• All colours and patterns, with red being most common; long horns; Use: Beef

Tharparkar (Pakistan)

• White to blue-rey, or red; hump; Use: Dairy, Draught

Tswana (Botswana)

• Variety of colours; long horns; Use: Beef

Tudanca (Spain)

• Black, or blue, or hazel; Use: Beef, Draught

Tux-Zillertal (Austria)

• Black to red-brown, with white; Use: Beef

Tyrol Grey (Austria)

• Silver-grey; Use: Beef, Dairy

Ukrainian Grey (Ukraine)

• Grey; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught

Ukrainian Whiteheaded (Ukraine)

• Red, or black, with white head; Use: Dairy

Vosges (France)

• Black and white; Use: Beef, Dairy

Welsh Black (Wales)

• Black with small amounts of white below; Use: Beef, Dairy

Wenshan (China)

• Yellow-brown; hump; Use: Beef, Draught

West Highland (Scotland)

• Red-brown; shaggy coat; widespread horns; Use: Draught

White Cácerea (Spain)

• White; Use: Beef

White Fulani (Nigeria)

• White with black; long lyre horns; Use: Beef, Dairy, Draught, Pack

Xinjiang Brown (China)

• Brown, or yellow, or red; Use: Dairy, Beef

Yaccalmeño (Bolivia)

• Dun, or red; Use: Beef, Draught

Yambian (China)

• Yellow-brown, or brindle; hump; Use: Beef, Draught

Yaroslavl (Russia)

• Black, or red, with white; Use: Dairy

Yurino (Azerbaijan)

• Red, or brown; Use: Beef, Dairy

Zaobei (China)

• Yellow, or, brown, or red; Use: Beef, Draught

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