Cattle Breeds: Multiple Purposes Cattle Breeds

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).

Cattle Breeds

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 originMeatDairy
Aberdeen AngusScotlandMeatDairy
AbergeleEthiopiaMeatDairy
AbigarEthiopia—Dairy
AbondanceFranceMeatDairy
Abyssinian Shorthorned ZebuEthiopia——
AcehIndonesiaMeat—
AchhamNepal—Dairy
AdamawaNigeriaMeatDairy
AdaptaurAustraliaMeat—
AfarEthiopiaMeatDairy
AfricangusUnited StatesMeat—
AfrikanerSouth AfricaMeat—
AgeroleseItaly—Dairy
AlambadiIndia——
AlatauKazakhstanMeatDairy
AlbanianAlbania—Dairy
AlberaSpainMeat—
AlderneyChannel Islands—Dairy
AlentejanaPortugalMeat—
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—Dairy
American Milking DevonUnited StatesMeatDairy
American White ParkUnited StatesMeatDairy
AmerifaxUnited StatesMeatDairy
Amrit MahalIndia——
Amsterdam Island cattleAmsterdam Island——
Anatolian BlackTurkeyMeatDairy
Andalusian BlackSpainMeat—
Andalusian BlondSpain——
Andalusian GreySpain——
AngelnGermany—Dairy
AngoniMalawi——
AnkinaUnited States——
AnkoleEast Africameatdairy
Ankole-WatusiUnited States
AracenaSpain——
AradoEthiopiaMeatDairy
Argentine CriolloArgentinaMeatDairy
Argentine FriesianArgentina—Dairy
ArmoricanFranceMeatDairy
ArouquesaPortugalMeatDairy
ArsiEthiopia——
Asturian MountainSpainMeatDairy
Asturian ValleySpainMeatDairy
AubracFranceMeatDairy
Aulie-AtaKazakhstan—Dairy
Aure et Saint-GironsFranceMeatDairy
Australian BrafordAustraliaMeat—
Australian BrangusAustraliaMeat—
Australian CharbrayAustraliaMeat—
Australian Friesian SahiwalAustralia—Dairy
Australian LowlineAustraliaMeat—
Australian Milking ZebuAustralia—Dairy
Australian ShorthornAustraliaMeat—
Austrian SimmentalAustria——
Austrian YellowAustria——
AvétonouTogo——
Avileña-Negra IbéricaSpain——
Aweil DinkaSouth Sudan——
AyrshireScotland—Dairy
AzaouakMali——
AzebuadoBrazil——
Azerbaijan ZebuAzerbaijan——
AzoresPortugal——
Bachaur cattleIndia—Dairy
Baherie cattleEritreaMeatDairy
Bakosi cattleCameroonMeat—
BalancerUnited StatesMeatDairy
BaouleIvory Coast—Dairy
Bargur cattleIndia—Dairy
BarrosãPortugalMeat—
BarzonaUnited StatesMeat—
BazadaiseFranceMeat—
Beef FreisianUnited StatesMeatDairy
BeefaloUnited StatesMeat—
BeefmakerUnited StatesMeat—
BeefmasterUnited StatesMeat—
BegaytEthiopiaMeatDairy
Belgian BlueBelgiumMeatDairy
Belgian RedBelgiumMeatDairy
Belgian Red PiedBelgiumMeatDairy
Belgian White-and-RedBelgiumMeatDairy
Belmont RedAustraliaMeat—
Belted GallowayScotlandDairy—
BerneseSwitzerland——
Berrenda cattleSpainMeatDairy
BetizuSpain/FranceMeat—
Bianca ModeneseItalyMeatDairy
BlaarkopNetherlandsMeatDairy
Black AngusScotlandMeatDairy
Black BaldyAustraliaMeat—
Black HerefordEnglandMeat—
Blanca CacereñaSpainMeatDairy
Blanco Orejinegro BONColombiaMeatDairy
Blonde d’AquitaineFranceMeatDairy
Blue AlbionGreat BritainMeat—
Blue GreyGreat BritainMeat—
BohuskullaSweden——
BonsmaraSouth AfricaMeat—
Boraneastern AfricaMeat—
BoškarinCroatia, SloveniaMeatDairy
BrafordUnited StatesMeat—
BrahmanIndiaMeatDairy
BrahmousinUnited StatesMeat—
BrangusUnited StatesMeat—
BraunviehSwitzerlandMeatDairy
BravaSpain——
Bretonne Pie NoirFrance—Dairy
British WhiteGreat BritainMeatDairy
British FriesianGreat Britain—Dairy
Brown CarpathianUkraine——
Brown CaucasianArmeniaMeatDairy
Brown SwissSwitzerland—Dairy
Bue LingoUnited StatesMeatDairy
BurlinaItaly—Dairy
Buša cattleformer YugoslaviaMeatDairy
Butana cattleSudan—Dairy
BushuyevUzbekistan—Dairy
CachenaPortugal/SpainMeatDairy
CaldelanaSpainMeatDairy
CamargueFranceMeat—
Campbell Island cattleNew Zealand——
Canadian Speckle ParkCanadaMeat—
CanadienneCanadaMeatDairy
CanariaSpainMeat—
CanchimBrazilMeat—
CaracuBrazilMeatDairy
Cárdena AndaluzaSpainMeat—
Carinthian BlondviehAustriaMeatDairy
CaroraVenezuelanMeatDairy
CharbrayUnited StatesMeat—
CharolaisFranceMeat—
Chateaubriand———
Chiangus—Meat—
ChianinaItalyMeat—
Chillingham cattleEngland——
Chinese Black PiedChina—Dairy
CholistaniPakistan—Dairy
Cika cattleSloveniaMeatDairy
Coloursided White Back—MeatDairy
Commercial———
CorrienteSpainMeatDairy
Corsican cattleCorsicaMeat—
Costeño con CuernosColombiaMeat—
Crioulo Lageano———
DajalPakistanMeatDairy
Dangi cattleIndia——
Danish Black-PiedDenmark——
Danish JerseyDenmark—Dairy
Danish RedDenmarkMeatDairy
Deep Red cattle—MeatDairy
DeoniIndia—Dairy
DevonEnglandMeatDairy
Dexter cattleIrelandMeatDairy
DhanniPakistanMeatDairy
Doayo cattleCameroon——
Doela———
DrakensbergerSouth AfricaMeatDairy
DølafeNorwayMeatDairy
DroughtmasterAustraliaMeat—
Dulong’—Meat—
Dutch BeltedNetherlandsMeatDairy
Dutch FriesianNetherlandsMeatDairy
Dwarf Lulu———
East Anatolian Red——Dairy
Eastern FinncattleFinlandMeatDairy
Eastern Red Polled———
Enderby Island cattleNew Zealand——
English LonghornEnglandMeatDairy
Ennstaler BergscheckAustriaMeat—
Estonian HolsteinEstonia—Dairy
Estonian NativeEstonia——
Estonian Red cattleEstoniaMeatDairy
Évolène cattleSwitzerland—Dairy
FÄ“ng CattleChinaMeatDiary
Finnish AyrshireFinland——
FinncattleFinlandMeatDairy
Finnish Holstein-FriesianFinland——
FjällSwedenMeatDairy
FleckviehAustriaMeatDairy
Florida Cracker cattleUnited StatesMeat—
FogeraEthiopiaMeatDairy
French SimmentalFranceMeatDairy
FribourgeoiseSwitzerland——
Friesian Red and White—MeatDairy
Fulani Sudanese—MeatDairy
Galician BlondSpainMeatDairy
Galloway cattleScotlandMeatDairy
GangatiriIndia—Dairy
GaolaoIndia—Dairy
GarvonesaPortugalMeat—
Gascon cattleFranceMeat—
GelbviehGermanyMeatDairy
Georgian Mountain cattleGeorgiaMeatDairy
German AngusGermanyMeat—
German Black Pied cattleGermany—Dairy
German Black Pied DairyGermany—Dairy
German Red PiedGermanyMeatDairy
GirIndia—Dairy
Glamorgan cattleEnglandMeatDairy
Glan cattleGermanyMeatDairy
GloucesterEnglandMeatDairy
Gobra—Meat—
Greek ShorthornGreeceMeatDairy
Greek SteppeGreeceMeatDairy
Greyman cattleAustraliaMeat—
GudaliIran/Persia—Dairy
Guernsey cattleChannel Islands—Dairy
GuzeráBrazilMeat—
Hallikar[4]India—
HanwooKoreaMeat—
Hariana cattleIndia—Dairy
Hartón del ValleColombiaMeatDairy
Harzer RotviehGermanyMeatDairy
Hays ConverterCanadaMeat—
Heck cattleGermany——
HerefordEnglandMeat—
HerensSwitzerlandMeat—
Hybridmaster—MeatDairy
Highland cattleScotlandMeat—
HinterwaldGermanyMeatDairy
Holando-ArgentinoArgentinaMeatDairy
Holstein Friesian cattleGermany, the NetherlandsMeatDairy
HorroEthiopiaMeat—
Huáng CattleChinaMeatDairy
Hungarian GreyHungaryMeat—
Iberian cattleSpain——
IcelandicIceland—Dairy
Illawarra cattleAustraliaMeatDairy
Improved Red and White—Meat—
Indo-Brazilian—Meat—
Irish MoiledIrelandMeatDairy
Israeli Holstein——Dairy
Israeli Red—MeatDairy
Istoben cattle—MeatDairy
Istrian cattle
Jamaica BlackJamaicaMeatDairy
Jamaica HopeJamaica—Dairy
Jamaica RedJamaicaMeat—
Japanese BrownJapanMeat—
JarmelistaPortugalMeat—
Javari cattleIndia——
Jersey cattleChannel Islands—Dairy
Jutland cattleDenmarkMeatDairy
Kabin Buri cattleThailandMeatDairy
Kalmyk cattleRussiaMeatDairy
KangayamIndia—Dairy
KankrejIndia——
Kamphaeng Saen cattleThailandMeat—
Karan Swiss—MeatDairy
Kasaragod Dwarf cattleIndia—Dairy
KathiawadiIndia——
Kazakh Whiteheaded—MeatDairy
Kenana cattleSudan—Dairy
Kenkatha cattleIndia——
Kerry cattleIrelandMeatDairy
KherigarhIndia——
Khillari cattleIndia——
KholomogoryRussiaMeatDairy
Korat WagyuThailandMeat—
Kostroma cattleRussiaMeatDairy
Krishna Valley cattleIndia—Dairy
Kuri—MeatDairy
Kurgan cattleRussiaMeatDairy
La Reina cattleNicaraguaMeatDairy
Lakenvelder cattleNetherlands—Dairy
Lampurger———
Latvian Blue———
Latvian BrownLatviaMeatDairy
Latvian Danish RedLatviaMeatDairy
LebedynUkraine——
Levantina—Meat—
Limia cattleSpainMeatDairy
LimousinFranceMeat—
Limpurger—MeatDairy
Lincoln RedEnglandMeat—
LinebackCanada—Dairy
Lithuanian Black-and-White———
Lithuanian Light Grey———
Lithuanian RedLithuaniaMeat—
Lithuanian White-Backed———
Lohani cattle—Meat—
LourdaisFranceMeatDairy
Lucerna cattleSouth America——
LuingScotlandMeat—
Madagascar Zebu—MeatDairy
MaduraIndonesiaMeatDairy
Maine-AnjouFranceMeatDairy
Malnad GiddaIndia—Dairy
MalviIndia—Dairy
Mandalong Special—Meat—
Mantequera Leonesa—MeatDairy
Maramureş BrownRomania——
MarchigianaItalyMeat—
MaremmanaItalyMeatDairy
MarinhoaPortugalMeatDairy
MaronesaPortugalMeatDairy
Masai—Meat—
Mashona—Meat—
Menorquina——Dairy
MertolengaPortugalMeat—
Meuse-Rhine-IsselNetherlandsMeatDairy
MewatiIndia—Dairy
Milking ShorthornGreat BritainMeatDairy
MinhotaPortugalMeatDairy
MirandesaPortugalMeat—
MirkadimBangladeshMeat—
MocăniţăRomania——
MollieSpainMeat—
MonchinaSpainMeat—
MongolianChinaMeat—
MontbéliardeFranceMeatDairy
Morucha—Meat—
MuturuNigeriaMeatDairy
MurbodenAustriaMeatDairy
Murnau-WerdenfelsGermany—Dairy
Murray GreyAustraliaMeat—
NagoriIndia——
N’DamaGuineaMeatDairy
Negra AndaluzaSpainMeat—
NeloreBrazilMeat—
NguniSouthern AfricaMeatDairy
NimariIndia——
NormandeFranceMeatDairy
North Bengal GreyBangladeshMeatDairy
Northern FinncattleFinlandMeatDairy
Northern ShorthornGreat Britain—Dairy
Norwegian RedNorwayMeatDairy
OngoleIndiaMeatDairy
Original SimmentalSwitzerlandMeatDairy
PajunaSpainMeat—
Palmera—Meat—
PantaneiroBrazil——
Parda AlpinaSpainMeatDairy
ParthenaiseFranceMeat—
PasiegaSpain—Dairy
PembrokeWalesMeatDairy
Philippine NativePhilippinesMeatDairy
Pie Rouge des PlainesFrance—Dairy
Piedmontese cattleItalyMeatDairy
Pineywoods—MeatDairy
PinzgauerAustriaMeatDairy
Pirenaica—Meat—
PodolacCroatiaMeatDairy
PodolicaItalyMeatDairy
Polish Black-and-White———
Polish RedPolandMeatDairy
Polled HerefordEnglandMeat—
Poll ShorthornAustraliaMeat—
Polled ShorthornUnited StatesMeat—
PonwarIndia——
PretaPortugalMeat—
Prim’HolsteinFranceMeatDairy
PunganurIndiaMeatDairy
PulikulamIndia—Dairy
Pustertaler Sprinzen—Meat—
QinchaunChinaMeat—
Queensland Miniature Boran—Meat—
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Ramo GrandePortugalMeatDairy
RandallUnited StatesMeatDairy
Raramuri CriolloChihuahua, MexicoMeatDairy
RathiIndia—Dairy
Rätisches GrauviehSwitzerlandmeatdairy
RayaEthiopiaMeatDairy
Red AngusScotlandMeatDairy
Red Brangus—Meat—
Red ChittagongBangladesh——
Red FulaniWest AfricaMeat—
Red GorbatovRussia—Dairy
Red Holstein——Dairy
Red KandhariIndia——
Red MingrelianGeorgiaMeatDairy
Red PollEnglandMeatDairy
Red Polled ØstlandNorwayMeatDairy
Red SindhiIndia/PakistanMeatDairy
Retinta—Meat—
Riggit Galloway—Meat—
RingamålaSweden—Dairy
Rohjan—Meat—
RomagnolaItalyMeat—
Romanian BălţataRomania——
Romanian Steppe GrayRomania——
RomosinuanoColombiaMeat—
Russian Black PiedRussiaMeatDairy
RX3—Meat—
SahiwalIndia/Pakistan—Dairy
SalersFranceMeat—
Salorn—Meat—
Sanga—Meat—
Sanhe—MeatDairy
Santa CruzUnited StatesMeat—
Santa GertrudisUnited StatesMeat—
SayaguesaSpainMeat—
Schwyz———
Selembu—MeatDairy
Senepol—Meat—
Serbian PiedSerbia—Dairy
Serbian SteppeSerbia——
ShekoEthiopia——
ShetlandScotlandMeat—
ShorthornEnglandMeat—
Siboney de Cuba—Meat—
Simbrah—Meat—
Simford—Meat—
SimmentalSwitzerlandMeatDairy
SiriBhutan—Dairy
South DevonEnglandMeatDairy
Spanish Fighting BullSpainMeat—
Speckle ParkCanadaMeat—
Square MeaterAustraliaMeat—
SussexEnglandMeat—
Swedish Friesian——Dairy
Swedish Polled——Dairy
Swedish Red Pied——Dairy
Swedish Red Polled—MeatDairy
Swedish Red-and-White—MeatDairy
TabapuãBrazilMeatDairy
TarentaiseFranceMeatDairy
Tasmanian Grey—Meat—
Tauros———
TelemarkNorwayMeatDairy
Texas LonghornUnited StatesMeatDairy
Texon—Meat—
Thai BlackThailandMeat—
Thai Fighting BullThailand——
Thai FriesianThailand—Dairy
Thai Milking ZebuThailand—Dairy
TharparkarIndia/ Pakistan—Dairy
TswanaBotswanaMeatDairy
TudancaSpainMeatDairy
TuliZimbabweMeatDairy
Tulim—Meat—
Turkish Grey Steppe—Meat—
Tux-Zillertal——Dairy
Tyrol GreyAustriaMeatDairy
UmblacheryIndia—Dairy
Ukrainian GreyUkraine——
Valdostana CastanaItaly——
Valdostana Pezzata NeraItaly——
Valdostana Pezzata RossaItaly——
VänekoSweden——
VaynolScotlandMeat—
Vechur[8]India—Dairy
Vestland FjordNorwayMeatDairy
Vestland Red PolledNorwayMeatDairy
Vianesa—MeatDairy
Volinian BeefUkraineMeat—
VorderwaldGermanyMeatDairy
VosgienneFranceMeatDairy
WagyuJapanMeat—
WaguliUSAMeat—
Wangus—Meat—
Welsh BlackWalesMeat—
Western FinncattleFinlandMeatDairy
White Cáceres—Meat—
White Fulani—Meat—
White LamphunThailand——
White ParkGreat BritainMeatDairy
Whitebred ShorthornGreat BritainMeat—
Xingjiang Brown—MeatDairy
YakutianRussiaMeatDairy
YanbianChina——
YanhuangChina
YurinoUkraine——
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!

As A Reference: Wikipedia

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