The following list of cattle breeds is a big list of breeds of cattle. More than 800 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide. Some of them adapted to the local climate, others were raised by man for specialized uses. Races are divided into two main types, considered as either closely related species, or two subspecies of a species.
Bos indicus (or Bos taurus Indica) of zebu cattle, also called, adapt to warm climates. Bos taurus (or Bos taurus Taurus) is the typical animal of Europe, northeastern Asia, and parts of Africa, and many adapt to colder climates. Taurus/Hybrid Indica are widely bred in many warmer regions, combining features of both types of ancestral (such as Sanga cattle from Africa).
In some parts of the world, new species of cattle are found (both in the wild and domestic animals), and some of them are so closely related to Taurus and Indicus Cattle among species that hybrids have been bred. You Can Also Read Cattle Diseases
Examples include the Lulu cattle dwarfs of the Nepal mountains with yak blood, North American Beefalo with bison genes, Selembu breed of India and Bhutan with gayal genes. The Madura race of Indonesia may have Banteng in their paternity.
The Dzo of Nepal is an infertile crossing of yak-cattle that are bred for agricultural work. Like the mule that is infertile, they have to be continuously generated from the parent species.
Multiple Purposes Cattle Breeds
BreedCountry/Region of originMeatDairyAberdeen AngusScotlandMeatDairyAbergeleEthiopiaMeatDairyAbigarEthiopia—DairyAbondanceFranceMeatDairyAbyssinian Shorthorned ZebuEthiopia——AcehIndonesiaMeat—AchhamNepal—DairyAdamawaNigeriaMeatDairyAdaptaurAustraliaMeat—AfarEthiopiaMeatDairyAfricangusUnited StatesMeat—AfrikanerSouth AfricaMeat—AgeroleseItaly—DairyAlambadiIndia——AlatauKazakhstanMeatDairyAlbanianAlbania—DairyAlberaSpainMeat—AlderneyChannel Islands—DairyAlentejanaPortugalMeat—Aleutian wild cattleUnited States——Aliad DinkaSouth Sudan——Alistana-SanabresaSpain——AllmogekorSwedenMeat—AlurDemocratic Republic of the Congo——AmericanUnited StatesMeat—American AngusUnited States——American Beef FriesianUnited States——American Brown SwissUnited States—DairyAmerican Milking DevonUnited StatesMeatDairyAmerican White ParkUnited StatesMeatDairyAmerifaxUnited StatesMeatDairyAmrit MahalIndia——Amsterdam Island cattleAmsterdam Island——Anatolian BlackTurkeyMeatDairyAndalusian BlackSpainMeat—Andalusian BlondSpain——Andalusian GreySpain——AngelnGermany—DairyAngoniMalawi——AnkinaUnited States——AnkoleEast AfricameatdairyAnkole-WatusiUnited StatesAracenaSpain——AradoEthiopiaMeatDairyArgentine CriolloArgentinaMeatDairyArgentine FriesianArgentina—DairyArmoricanFranceMeatDairyArouquesaPortugalMeatDairyArsiEthiopia——Asturian MountainSpainMeatDairyAsturian ValleySpainMeatDairyAubracFranceMeatDairyAulie-AtaKazakhstan—DairyAure et Saint-GironsFranceMeatDairyAustralian BrafordAustraliaMeat—Australian BrangusAustraliaMeat—Australian CharbrayAustraliaMeat—Australian Friesian SahiwalAustralia—DairyAustralian LowlineAustraliaMeat—Australian Milking ZebuAustralia—DairyAustralian ShorthornAustraliaMeat—Austrian SimmentalAustria——Austrian YellowAustria——AvétonouTogo——Avileña-Negra IbéricaSpain——Aweil DinkaSouth Sudan——AyrshireScotland—DairyAzaouakMali——AzebuadoBrazil——Azerbaijan ZebuAzerbaijan——AzoresPortugal——Bachaur cattleIndia—DairyBaherie cattleEritreaMeatDairyBakosi cattleCameroonMeat—BalancerUnited StatesMeatDairyBaouleIvory Coast—DairyBargur cattleIndia—DairyBarrosãPortugalMeat—BarzonaUnited StatesMeat—BazadaiseFranceMeat—Beef FreisianUnited StatesMeatDairyBeefaloUnited StatesMeat—BeefmakerUnited StatesMeat—BeefmasterUnited StatesMeat—BegaytEthiopiaMeatDairyBelgian BlueBelgiumMeatDairyBelgian RedBelgiumMeatDairyBelgian Red PiedBelgiumMeatDairyBelgian White-and-RedBelgiumMeatDairyBelmont RedAustraliaMeat—Belted GallowayScotlandDairy—BerneseSwitzerland——Berrenda cattleSpainMeatDairyBetizuSpain/FranceMeat—Bianca ModeneseItalyMeatDairyBlaarkopNetherlandsMeatDairyBlack AngusScotlandMeatDairyBlack BaldyAustraliaMeat—Black HerefordEnglandMeat—Blanca CacereñaSpainMeatDairyBlanco Orejinegro BONColombiaMeatDairyBlonde d’AquitaineFranceMeatDairyBlue AlbionGreat BritainMeat—Blue GreyGreat BritainMeat—BohuskullaSweden——BonsmaraSouth AfricaMeat—Boraneastern AfricaMeat—BoškarinCroatia, SloveniaMeatDairyBrafordUnited StatesMeat—BrahmanIndiaMeatDairyBrahmousinUnited StatesMeat—BrangusUnited StatesMeat—BraunviehSwitzerlandMeatDairyBravaSpain——Bretonne Pie NoirFrance—DairyBritish WhiteGreat BritainMeatDairyBritish FriesianGreat Britain—DairyBrown CarpathianUkraine——Brown CaucasianArmeniaMeatDairyBrown SwissSwitzerland—DairyBue LingoUnited StatesMeatDairyBurlinaItaly—DairyBuša cattleformer YugoslaviaMeatDairyButana cattleSudan—DairyBushuyevUzbekistan—DairyCachenaPortugal/SpainMeatDairyCaldelanaSpainMeatDairyCamargueFranceMeat—Campbell Island cattleNew Zealand——Canadian Speckle ParkCanadaMeat—CanadienneCanadaMeatDairyCanariaSpainMeat—CanchimBrazilMeat—CaracuBrazilMeatDairyCárdena AndaluzaSpainMeat—Carinthian BlondviehAustriaMeatDairyCaroraVenezuelanMeatDairyCharbrayUnited StatesMeat—CharolaisFranceMeat—Chateaubriand———Chiangus—Meat—ChianinaItalyMeat—Chillingham cattleEngland——Chinese Black PiedChina—DairyCholistaniPakistan—DairyCika cattleSloveniaMeatDairyColoursided White Back—MeatDairyCommercial———CorrienteSpainMeatDairyCorsican cattleCorsicaMeat—Costeño con CuernosColombiaMeat—Crioulo Lageano———DajalPakistanMeatDairyDangi cattleIndia——Danish Black-PiedDenmark——Danish JerseyDenmark—DairyDanish RedDenmarkMeatDairyDeep Red cattle—MeatDairyDeoniIndia—DairyDevonEnglandMeatDairyDexter cattleIrelandMeatDairyDhanniPakistanMeatDairyDoayo cattleCameroon——Doela———DrakensbergerSouth AfricaMeatDairyDølafeNorwayMeatDairyDroughtmasterAustraliaMeat—Dulong’—Meat—Dutch BeltedNetherlandsMeatDairyDutch FriesianNetherlandsMeatDairyDwarf Lulu———East Anatolian Red——DairyEastern FinncattleFinlandMeatDairyEastern Red Polled———Enderby Island cattleNew Zealand——English LonghornEnglandMeatDairyEnnstaler BergscheckAustriaMeat—Estonian HolsteinEstonia—DairyEstonian NativeEstonia——Estonian Red cattleEstoniaMeatDairyÉvolène cattleSwitzerland—DairyFēng CattleChinaMeatDiaryFinnish AyrshireFinland——FinncattleFinlandMeatDairyFinnish Holstein-FriesianFinland——FjällSwedenMeatDairyFleckviehAustriaMeatDairyFlorida Cracker cattleUnited StatesMeat—FogeraEthiopiaMeatDairyFrench SimmentalFranceMeatDairyFribourgeoiseSwitzerland——Friesian Red and White—MeatDairyFulani Sudanese—MeatDairyGalician BlondSpainMeatDairyGalloway cattleScotlandMeatDairyGangatiriIndia—DairyGaolaoIndia—DairyGarvonesaPortugalMeat—Gascon cattleFranceMeat—GelbviehGermanyMeatDairyGeorgian Mountain cattleGeorgiaMeatDairyGerman AngusGermanyMeat—German Black Pied cattleGermany—DairyGerman Black Pied DairyGermany—DairyGerman Red PiedGermanyMeatDairyGirIndia—DairyGlamorgan cattleEnglandMeatDairyGlan cattleGermanyMeatDairyGloucesterEnglandMeatDairyGobra—Meat—Greek ShorthornGreeceMeatDairyGreek SteppeGreeceMeatDairyGreyman cattleAustraliaMeat—GudaliIran/Persia—DairyGuernsey cattleChannel Islands—DairyGuzeráBrazilMeat—Hallikar[4]India—HanwooKoreaMeat—Hariana cattleIndia—DairyHartón del ValleColombiaMeatDairyHarzer RotviehGermanyMeatDairyHays ConverterCanadaMeat—Heck cattleGermany——HerefordEnglandMeat—HerensSwitzerlandMeat—Hybridmaster—MeatDairyHighland cattleScotlandMeat—HinterwaldGermanyMeatDairyHolando-ArgentinoArgentinaMeatDairyHolstein Friesian cattleGermany, the NetherlandsMeatDairyHorroEthiopiaMeat—Huáng CattleChinaMeatDairyHungarian GreyHungaryMeat—Iberian cattleSpain——IcelandicIceland—DairyIllawarra cattleAustraliaMeatDairyImproved Red and White—Meat—Indo-Brazilian—Meat—Irish MoiledIrelandMeatDairyIsraeli Holstein——DairyIsraeli Red—MeatDairyIstoben cattle—MeatDairyIstrian cattleJamaica BlackJamaicaMeatDairyJamaica HopeJamaica—DairyJamaica RedJamaicaMeat—Japanese BrownJapanMeat—JarmelistaPortugalMeat—Javari cattleIndia——Jersey cattleChannel Islands—DairyJutland cattleDenmarkMeatDairyKabin Buri cattleThailandMeatDairyKalmyk cattleRussiaMeatDairyKangayamIndia—DairyKankrejIndia——Kamphaeng Saen cattleThailandMeat—Karan Swiss—MeatDairyKasaragod Dwarf cattleIndia—DairyKathiawadiIndia——Kazakh Whiteheaded—MeatDairyKenana cattleSudan—DairyKenkatha cattleIndia——Kerry cattleIrelandMeatDairyKherigarhIndia——Khillari cattleIndia——KholomogoryRussiaMeatDairyKorat WagyuThailandMeat—Kostroma cattleRussiaMeatDairyKrishna Valley cattleIndia—DairyKuri—MeatDairyKurgan cattleRussiaMeatDairyLa Reina cattleNicaraguaMeatDairyLakenvelder cattleNetherlands—DairyLampurger———Latvian Blue———Latvian BrownLatviaMeatDairyLatvian Danish RedLatviaMeatDairyLebedynUkraine——Levantina—Meat—Limia cattleSpainMeatDairyLimousinFranceMeat—Limpurger—MeatDairyLincoln RedEnglandMeat—LinebackCanada—DairyLithuanian Black-and-White———Lithuanian Light Grey———Lithuanian RedLithuaniaMeat—Lithuanian White-Backed———Lohani cattle—Meat—LourdaisFranceMeatDairyLucerna cattleSouth America——LuingScotlandMeat—Madagascar Zebu—MeatDairyMaduraIndonesiaMeatDairyMaine-AnjouFranceMeatDairyMalnad GiddaIndia—DairyMalviIndia—DairyMandalong Special—Meat—Mantequera Leonesa—MeatDairyMaramureş BrownRomania——MarchigianaItalyMeat—MaremmanaItalyMeatDairyMarinhoaPortugalMeatDairyMaronesaPortugalMeatDairyMasai—Meat—Mashona—Meat—Menorquina——DairyMertolengaPortugalMeat—Meuse-Rhine-IsselNetherlandsMeatDairyMewatiIndia—DairyMilking ShorthornGreat BritainMeatDairyMinhotaPortugalMeatDairyMirandesaPortugalMeat—MirkadimBangladeshMeat—MocăniţăRomania——MollieSpainMeat—MonchinaSpainMeat—MongolianChinaMeat—MontbéliardeFranceMeatDairyMorucha—Meat—MuturuNigeriaMeatDairyMurbodenAustriaMeatDairyMurnau-WerdenfelsGermany—DairyMurray GreyAustraliaMeat—NagoriIndia——N’DamaGuineaMeatDairyNegra AndaluzaSpainMeat—NeloreBrazilMeat—NguniSouthern AfricaMeatDairyNimariIndia——NormandeFranceMeatDairyNorth Bengal GreyBangladeshMeatDairyNorthern FinncattleFinlandMeatDairyNorthern ShorthornGreat Britain—DairyNorwegian RedNorwayMeatDairyOngoleIndiaMeatDairyOriginal SimmentalSwitzerlandMeatDairyPajunaSpainMeat—Palmera—Meat—PantaneiroBrazil——Parda AlpinaSpainMeatDairyParthenaiseFranceMeat—PasiegaSpain—DairyPembrokeWalesMeatDairyPhilippine NativePhilippinesMeatDairyPie Rouge des PlainesFrance—DairyPiedmontese cattleItalyMeatDairyPineywoods—MeatDairyPinzgauerAustriaMeatDairyPirenaica—Meat—PodolacCroatiaMeatDairyPodolicaItalyMeatDairyPolish Black-and-White———Polish RedPolandMeatDairyPolled HerefordEnglandMeat—Poll ShorthornAustraliaMeat—Polled ShorthornUnited StatesMeat—PonwarIndia——PretaPortugalMeat—Prim’HolsteinFranceMeatDairyPunganurIndiaMeatDairyPulikulamIndia—DairyPustertaler Sprinzen—Meat—QinchaunChinaMeat—Queensland Miniature Boran—Meat—R[edit]Ramo GrandePortugalMeatDairyRandallUnited StatesMeatDairyRaramuri CriolloChihuahua, MexicoMeatDairyRathiIndia—DairyRätisches GrauviehSwitzerlandmeatdairyRayaEthiopiaMeatDairyRed AngusScotlandMeatDairyRed Brangus—Meat—Red ChittagongBangladesh——Red FulaniWest AfricaMeat—Red GorbatovRussia—DairyRed Holstein——DairyRed KandhariIndia——Red MingrelianGeorgiaMeatDairyRed PollEnglandMeatDairyRed Polled ØstlandNorwayMeatDairyRed SindhiIndia/PakistanMeatDairyRetinta—Meat—Riggit Galloway—Meat—RingamålaSweden—DairyRohjan—Meat—RomagnolaItalyMeat—Romanian BălţataRomania——Romanian Steppe GrayRomania——RomosinuanoColombiaMeat—Russian Black PiedRussiaMeatDairyRX3—Meat—SahiwalIndia/Pakistan—DairySalersFranceMeat—Salorn—Meat—Sanga—Meat—Sanhe—MeatDairySanta CruzUnited StatesMeat—Santa GertrudisUnited StatesMeat—SayaguesaSpainMeat—Schwyz———Selembu—MeatDairySenepol—Meat—Serbian PiedSerbia—DairySerbian SteppeSerbia——ShekoEthiopia——ShetlandScotlandMeat—ShorthornEnglandMeat—Siboney de Cuba—Meat—Simbrah—Meat—Simford—Meat—SimmentalSwitzerlandMeatDairySiriBhutan—DairySouth DevonEnglandMeatDairySpanish Fighting BullSpainMeat—Speckle ParkCanadaMeat—Square MeaterAustraliaMeat—SussexEnglandMeat—Swedish Friesian——DairySwedish Polled——DairySwedish Red Pied——DairySwedish Red Polled—MeatDairySwedish Red-and-White—MeatDairyTabapuãBrazilMeatDairyTarentaiseFranceMeatDairyTasmanian Grey—Meat—Tauros———TelemarkNorwayMeatDairyTexas LonghornUnited StatesMeatDairyTexon—Meat—Thai BlackThailandMeat—Thai Fighting BullThailand——Thai FriesianThailand—DairyThai Milking ZebuThailand—DairyTharparkarIndia/ Pakistan—DairyTswanaBotswanaMeatDairyTudancaSpainMeatDairyTuliZimbabweMeatDairyTulim—Meat—Turkish Grey Steppe—Meat—Tux-Zillertal——DairyTyrol GreyAustriaMeatDairyUmblacheryIndia—DairyUkrainian GreyUkraine——Valdostana CastanaItaly——Valdostana Pezzata NeraItaly——Valdostana Pezzata RossaItaly——VänekoSweden——VaynolScotlandMeat—Vechur[8]India—DairyVestland FjordNorwayMeatDairyVestland Red PolledNorwayMeatDairyVianesa—MeatDairyVolinian BeefUkraineMeat—VorderwaldGermanyMeatDairyVosgienneFranceMeatDairyWagyuJapanMeat—WaguliUSAMeat—Wangus—Meat—Welsh BlackWalesMeat—Western FinncattleFinlandMeatDairyWhite Cáceres—Meat—White Fulani—Meat—White LamphunThailand——White ParkGreat BritainMeatDairyWhitebred ShorthornGreat BritainMeat—Xingjiang Brown—MeatDairyYakutianRussiaMeatDairyYanbianChina——YanhuangChinaYurinoUkraine——ŻubrońPolandMeat—Zebu—MeatDairy
Conclusion
Cattle are some of the oldest domesticated animals. There are more than 800 breeds of cattle recognized worldwide, with many subspecies and races within each breed. Some adapted to their local climate while others were raised by man for specialized uses like dairy or beef production. The list below is a big list of breeds that represent just a small fraction of all the different types you may come across when purchasing your next cow! Good luck with your search!
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