List of cattle breeds

Over 1000 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, while others were bred by humans for specialized uses.^[1]

Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia. Bos taurus (or Bos taurus taurus), typically referred to as "taurine" cattle, are generally adapted to cooler climates and include almost all cattle breeds originating from Europe and northern Asia.

A

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Aberdeen Angus		taurus	Scotland	meat	dairy
Abergele			Ethiopia	meat	dairy	draught
Abigar		taurus	Ethiopia		dairy
Abondance		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu		indicus	Ethiopia			draught
Aceh		indicus	Indonesia	meat
Achham		indicus	Nepal		dairy
Adamawa		taurus	Nigeria	meat	dairy	draught
Adaptaur		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Afar		indicus	Ethiopia	meat	dairy
Africangus		taurindicine	South Africa	meat
Afrikaner		indicus	South Africa	meat
Agerolese		taurus	Italy		dairy
Alambadi		indicus	India
Alatau		taurus	Kazakhstan	meat	dairy
Albanian		taurus	Albania		dairy	draught
Albera		taurus	Spain, France	meat			Semi-feral
Alderney		taurus	Channel Islands		dairy
Alentejana		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Aleutian wild cattle			United States				Feral
Aliad Dinka			South Sudan
Alistana-Sanabresa			Spain
Allmogekor		taurus	Sweden	meat		draught
Alur			Democratic Republic of the Congo
American		taurindicine	United States	meat
American Angus			United States	meat
American Beef Friesian			United States
American Brown Swiss		taurus	United States		dairy
American Milking Devon		taurus	United States	meat	dairy	draught
American White Park		taurus	United States	meat	dairy
Amerifax		taurus	United States	meat	dairy
Amrit Mahal		indicus	India				Developed from Hallikar cattle for war purposes
Amsterdam Island		taurus	Amsterdam Island				Feral
Anatolian Black		taurus	Turkey	meat	dairy	draught
Andalusian Black		taurus	Spain	meat			Endangered
Andalusian Blond			Spain
Andalusian Grey			Spain
Angeln		taurus	Germany		dairy
Angoni			Malawi
Ankina			United States
Ankole			East Africa	meat	dairy
Ankole-Watusi		indicus	United States				Show
Aracena			Spain
Arado			Ethiopia	meat	dairy	draught
Argentine Criollo		taurus	Argentina	meat	dairy
Argentine Friesian			Argentina		dairy
Armorican		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Arouquesa		taurus	Portugal	meat	dairy
Arsi			Ethiopia
Asturian Mountain		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy
Asturian Valley		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy
Aubrac		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Aulie-Ata		taurus	Kazakhstan		dairy
Aure et Saint-Girons		taurus	France	meat	dairy	draught
Australian Braford		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Australian Brangus		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Australian Charbray		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Australian Friesian Sahiwal		taurindicine	Australia		dairy
Australian Lowline		taurus	Australia	meat
Australian Milking Zebu		taurindicine	Australia		dairy
Australian Shorthorn			Australia	meat
Austrian Simmental			Austria
Austrian Yellow			Austria
Avétonou			Togo
Avileña-Negra Ibérica			Spain
Aweil Dinka			South Sudan
Ayrshire		taurus	Scotland		dairy
Azaouak			Mali
Azebuado			Brazil
Azerbaijan Zebu			Azerbaijan
Azores			Portugal

B

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Bachaur		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Baherie		indicus	Eritrea	meat	dairy
Bakosi		taurus	Cameroon	meat			Rituals
Balancer		taurus	United States	meat	dairy		Gelbvieh/American Angus crossbreed
Baoule		taurus	Ivory Coast		dairy
Bargur		indicus	India		dairy	draught	Semi-wild, native to Bargur forest region, bred and grazed by the local Lingayat community
Barrosã		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Barzona		taurindicine	United States	meat
Bazadaise		taurus	France	meat
Beef Friesian		taurus	United States	meat	dairy
Beefmaker		taurindicine	United States	meat
Beefmaster		taurindicine	United States	meat
Begayt			Ethiopia	meat	dairy	draught
Belgian Blue		taurus	Belgium	meat	dairy
Belgian Red		taurus	Belgium, France	meat	dairy	draught	Endangered breed
Belgian Red Pied		taurus	Belgium	meat	dairy
Belgian White-and-Red		taurus	Belgium	meat	dairy
Belmont Red		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Belted Galloway		taurus	Scotland	meat
Bernese			Switzerland
Berrenda		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught	Sport
Betizu		taurus	Spain, France	meat		draught	Semi-feral
Bianca Modenese		taurus	Italy	meat	dairy
Blaarkop		taurus	Netherlands	meat	dairy
Blanca Cacereña		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught
Blanco Orejinegro BON		taurus	Colombia	meat	dairy	draught
Blonde d'Aquitaine		taurus	France	meat	dairy	draught
Blue Albion		taurus	Great Britain	meat
Blue Grey		taurus	Great Britain	meat
Bohuskulla			Sweden
Bonsmara		taurindicine	South Africa	meat
Boran		indicus	eastern Africa	meat
Boškarin		taurus	Croatia, Slovenia	meat	dairy	draught
Braford		taurindicine	United States	meat
Brahman		indicus	India	meat	dairy	draught
Brahmousin		taurindicine	United States	meat		draught
Brangus		taurindicine	United States	meat
Braunvieh		taurus	Switzerland	meat	dairy
Brava			Spain
Bretonne Pie Noir		taurus	France	meat	dairy
British White		taurus	Great Britain	meat	dairy
British Friesian		taurus	Great Britain		dairy
Brown Carpathian		taurus	Ukraine
Brown Caucasian		taurus	Armenia	meat	dairy
Brown Swiss		taurus	Switzerland		dairy
Bue Lingo		taurus	United States	meat	dairy
Burlina		taurus	Italy		dairy
Buša		taurus	former Yugoslavia: *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Croatia *Kosovo *Montenegro *North Macedonia *Serbia	meat	dairy	draught
Butana		indicus	Sudan		dairy
Bushuyev		indicus	Uzbekistan		dairy

C

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Cachena		taurus	Portugal/Spain	meat	dairy	draught
Caldelana		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught
Camargue		taurus	France	meat		draught	Sport, semi-feral
Campbell Island		taurus	New Zealand				Feral
Canadian Speckle Park		taurus	Canada	meat
Canadienne		taurus	Canada	meat	dairy
Canaria		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Canchim		taurindicine	Brazil	meat
Caracu		taurus	Brazil	meat	dairy	draught
Cárdena Andaluza		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Carinthian Blondvieh		taurus	Austria	meat	dairy	draught
Carora		taurus	Venezuelan	meat	dairy	draught
Charbray		taurindicine	United States	meat
Charolais		taurus	France	meat		draught
Chiangus		taurus		meat
Chianina		taurus	Italy	meat		draught
Chillingham		taurus	England				Feral
Chinese Black Pied		taurus	China		dairy
Cholistani		indicus	Pakistan		dairy
Cika		taurus	Slovenia	meat	dairy
Corriente		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught	Sport
Corsican		taurus	France	meat			Often free-ranging, semi-feral
Costeño con Cuernos		taurindicine	Colombia	meat		draught
Crioulo Lageano			Brazil

D

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Dairy Shorthorn		taurus	United Kingdom	meat	dairy
Dajal		indicus	Pakistan	meat	dairy	draught
Dangi		indicus	India			draught
Danish Black-Pied			Denmark
Danish Jersey		taurus	Denmark		dairy
Danish Red		taurus	Denmark	meat	dairy
Deoni		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Devon		taurus	England	meat	dairy
Dexter		taurus	Ireland	meat	dairy
Dhanni		indicus	Pakistan	meat	dairy	draught
Doayo		taurus	Cameroon
Drakensberger		taurus	South Africa	meat	dairy
Dølafe		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy
Droughtmaster		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Dutch Friesian		taurus	Netherlands	meat	dairy

E

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
East Anatolian Red		taurus			dairy
Eastern Finncattle		taurus	Finland	meat	dairy
Enderby Island		Unknown	New Zealand				Feral
English Longhorn		taurus	England	meat	dairy
Ennstaler Bergscheck		taurus	Austria	meat		draught
Estonian Holstein		taurus	Estonia		dairy
Estonian Native			Estonia
Estonian Red		taurus	Estonia	meat	dairy
Évolène		taurus	Switzerland		dairy

F

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Finnish Ayrshire			Finland
Finncattle		taurus	Finland	meat	dairy
Finnish Holstein-Friesian			Finland
Fjäll		taurus	Sweden	meat	dairy		Also called Swedish Mountain
Fleckvieh		taurus	Austria	meat	dairy
Florida Cracker		taurus	United States	meat
Fogera			Ethiopia	meat	dairy	draught
French Simmental		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Fribourgeoise			Switzerland
Friesian Red and White		taurus		meat	dairy

G

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Galician Blond		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy
Galloway		taurus	Scotland	meat	dairy	draught
Gangatiri		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Gaolao		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Garvonesa		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Gascon		taurus	France	meat		draught
Gelbvieh		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy	draught
Georgian Mountain		taurus	Georgia	meat	dairy	draught
German Angus		taurus	Germany	meat
German Black Pied		taurus	Germany		dairy
German Black Pied Dairy		taurus	Germany		dairy
German Red Pied		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy
Gir		indicus	India		dairy
Glamorgan		taurus	England	meat	dairy
Glan		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy	draught
Gloucester		taurus	England	meat	dairy	draught
Gobra		indicus	Mauritania, Senegal	meat		draught
Greek Shorthorn		taurus	Greece	meat	dairy
Greek Steppe		taurus	Greece	meat	dairy	draught
Greyman		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Gudali		indicus	Iran/Persia		dairy	draught
Guernsey		taurus	Channel Islands		dairy
Guzerá		indicus	Brazil	meat		draught

H

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Hallikar[2]		indicus	India			draught	Origin of Amrit Mahal cattle
Hanwoo		taurus	Korea	meat		draught	Cow fighting
Hariana		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Hartón del Valle		taurus	Colombia	meat	dairy	draught
Harzer Rotvieh		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy	draught
Hays Converter		taurus	Canada	meat
Heck		taurus	Germany				Science
Hereford		taurus	England	meat
Herens		taurus	Switzerland, Italy, France	meat			Cow fighting
Highland		taurus	Scotland	meat
Hinterwald		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy
Holando-Argentino		taurus	Argentina	meat	dairy
Holstein Friesian		taurus	Germany, the Netherlands	meat	dairy
Horro		indicus	Ethiopia	meat		draught
Huáng		taurus	China	meat	dairy	draught
Hungarian Grey		taurus	Hungary	meat		draught

I

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Icelandic		taurus	Iceland		dairy
Illawarra		taurus	Australia	meat	dairy
Improved Red and White		taurus	Netherlands	meat
Indo-Brazilian		indicus		meat
Irish Moiled		taurus	Ireland	meat	dairy
Israeli Holstein		taurus	Israel		dairy
Israeli Red		taurindicine	Israel	meat	dairy
Istoben		taurus		meat	dairy
Istrian		see Boškarin

J

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Jamaica Black		taurindicine	Jamaica	meat	dairy
Jamaica Hope		taurindicine	Jamaica		dairy
Jamaica Red		taurindicine	Jamaica	meat
Japanese Black		taurus	Japan	meat			One of the four wagyu breeds
Japanese Brown		taurus	Japan	meat			One of the four wagyu breeds
Japanese Polled		taurus	Japan	meat			One of the four wagyu breeds
Japanese Shorthorn		taurus	Japan	meat			One of the four wagyu breeds
Jarmelista		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Javari		indicus	India			draught
Jersey		taurus	Channel Islands		dairy
Jutland		taurus	Denmark	meat	dairy

K

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Kabin Buri		taurindicine	Thailand	meat	dairy		Crossbreed between Brahman and Simmental
Kalmyk		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy
Kangayam		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Kankrej		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Kamphaeng Saen		taurindicine	Thailand	meat
Karan Swiss		taurindicine	India	meat	dairy
Kasaragod Dwarf		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Kathiawadi		indicus	India			draught
Kazakh Whiteheaded		taurus	Kazakhstan	meat	dairy
Kenana		indicus	Sudan		dairy
Kenkatha		indicus	India			draught
Kerry		taurus	Ireland	meat	dairy
Kherigarh		indicus	India			draught
Khillari		indicus	India			draught
Kholomogory		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy
Korat Wagyu		taurindicine	Thailand	meat
Kostroma		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy
Krishna Valley		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Kuri		taurus		meat	dairy	draught
Kurgan		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy

L

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
La Reina		taurus	Nicaragua	meat	dairy
Lakenvelder		taurus	Netherlands		dairy
Latvian Blue				Latvia
Latvian Brown		taurus	Latvia	meat	dairy
Latvian Danish Red		taurus	Latvia	meat	dairy
Lebedyn		taurus	Ukraine
Limia		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught
Limousin		taurus	France	meat		draught
Limpurger		taurus		meat	dairy
Lincoln Red		taurus	England	meat
Lynch Lineback		taurus	Canada		dairy
Lithuanian Black-and-White			Lithuania
Lithuanian Light Grey			Lithuania
Lithuanian Red			Lithuania	meat
Lithuanian White-Backed			Lithuania
Lohani		indicus	Pakistan	meat		draught
Lourdais		taurus	France	meat	dairy	draught
Lucerna		taurus	South America
Luing		taurus	Scotland	meat

M

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Madagascar Zebu		indicus	Madagascar	meat	dairy	draught
Maine-Anjou		taurus	France	meat	dairy	draught
Malnad Gidda		indicus	India		dairy	draught	Semi-dwarf breed
Malvi		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Mandalong Special		taurindicine	Australia	meat
Mantequera Leonesa		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught
Maraîchine		taurus	France	meat
Maramureş Brown			Romania
Marchigiana		taurus	Italy	meat		draught
Maremmana		taurus	Italy	meat	dairy	draught
Marinhoa		taurus	Portugal	meat	dairy	draught
Maronesa		taurus	Portugal	meat	dairy	draught
Masai		indicus		meat		draught
Mashona		taurus	Zimbabwe	meat		draught
Menorquina		taurus	Spain		dairy
Mertolenga		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Meuse-Rhine-Issel		taurus	Netherlands	meat	dairy
Mewati		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Milking Shorthorn		taurus	Canada, United States	meat	dairy
Minhota		taurus	Portugal	meat	dairy	draught
Mirandesa		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Mirkadim			Bangladesh	meat
Mocăniţă			Romania
Monchina		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Mongolian		taurus	China	meat		draught
Montbéliarde		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Morucha		taurus	Spain	meat		draught	Fighting
Muturu		Taurus africanus	Nigeria	meat	dairy
Murboden		taurus	Austria	meat	dairy	draught
Murciana-Levantina		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Murnau-Werdenfels		taurus	Germany		dairy
Murray Grey		taurus	Australia	meat

N

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Nagori		indicus	India			draught
N'Dama		taurus	Guinea	meat	dairy
Negra Andaluza		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Nelore		indicus	India	meat		draught
Nguni		taurindicine	Southern Africa	meat	dairy
Nimari		indicus	India			draught
Normande		taurus	France	meat	dairy
North Bengal Grey			Bangladesh	meat	dairy
Northern Finncattle		taurus	Finland	meat	dairy
Northern Shorthorn		taurus	Great Britain		dairy
Norwegian Red		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy

O

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Ongole		indicus	India	meat	dairy	draught
Original Simmental		taurus	Switzerland	meat	dairy

P

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Pajuna		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Palmera		taurus	Spain	meat		draught	Sport
Pantaneiro			Brazil
Parda Alpina		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy
Parthenaise		taurus	France	meat		draught
Pasiega		taurus	Spain		dairy
Pembroke		taurus	Wales	meat	dairy
Philippine Native		taurus	Philippines	meat	dairy	draught
Pie Rouge des Plaines		taurus	France		dairy
Piedmontese		taurus	Italy	meat	dairy
Pineywoods		taurus	United States	meat	dairy	draught
Pinzgauer		taurus	Austria	meat	dairy
Pirenaica		taurus	Spain, France	meat		draught
Podolac		taurus	Croatia	meat	dairy	draught
Podolica		taurus	Italy	meat	dairy	draught
Polish Black-and-White			Poland
Polish Red		taurus	Poland	meat	dairy	draught
Polled Hereford		taurus	England	meat
Poll Shorthorn		taurus	Australia	meat
Polled Shorthorn		taurus	United States	meat
Ponwar		indicus	India			draught
Preta		taurus	Portugal	meat		draught
Prim'Holstein[note 1]		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Punganur		indicus	India	meat	dairy	draught
Pulikulam		indicus	India		dairy	draught	Jallikattu
Pustertaler Sprinzen		taurus	Italy	meat

Q

R

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Ramo Grande		taurus	Portugal	meat	dairy	draught
Randall		taurus	United States	meat	dairy	draught
Raramuri Criollo		taurus	Chihuahua, Mexico	meat	dairy
Rathi		indicus	India [3]		dairy	draught	Domestic
Rätisches Grauvieh		taurus	Switzerland	meat	dairy	draught
Raya			Ethiopia	meat	dairy	draught
Red Angus		taurus	Scotland	meat	dairy
Red Brangus		taurindicine		meat
Red Chittagong		indicus	Bangladesh[4]			draught	Good reproductive performance
Red Fulani		taurindicine	West Africa	meat
Red Gorbatov		taurus	Russia		dairy
Red Holstein		taurus			dairy
Red Kandhari		indicus	India			draught	Domestic
Red Mingrelian			Georgia	meat	dairy
Red Poll		taurus	England	meat	dairy
Red Polled Østland		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy
Red Sindhi		indicus	Pakistan	meat	dairy
Retinta		taurus		meat		draught
Riggit Galloway		taurus		meat
Ringamåla		taurus	Sweden		dairy
Romagnola		taurus	Italy	meat		draught
Romanian Bălțata			Romania
Romanian Grey			Romania
Romosinuano		taurus	Colombia	meat
Russian Black Pied		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy	draught

S

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Sahiwal		indicus	Pakistan	meat	dairy
Sibi Bhagnari		indicus	Sibi, Pakistan	meat		draught	Sibi Mela
Salers		taurus	France	meat		draught
Salorn		taurus	United States	meat
Sanga		taurindicine		meat
Sanhe		taurus	China	meat	dairy	draught
Santa Cruz		taurindicine	United States	meat
Santa Gertrudis		taurindicine	United States	meat
Sayaguesa		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
Senepol		taurindicine		meat
Serbian Pied		taurus	Serbia		dairy
Serbian Steppe		taurus	Serbia			draught
Sheko			Ethiopia
Shetland		taurus	Scotland	meat	dairy	draught
Shorthorn		taurus	England	meat
Siboney de Cuba		taurindicine	Cuba	meat		draught
Simbrah		taurindicine		meat
Simford		taurus		meat
Simmental		taurus	Switzerland	meat	dairy	draught
Siri		indicus	Bhutan		dairy	draught
South Devon		taurus	England	meat	dairy
Spanish Fighting Bull		taurus	Spain	meat			Sport
Speckle Park		taurus	Canada	meat
Square Meater		taurus	Australia	meat
Stabiliser		taurus	United States	meat
Sudanese Fulani		indicus	Mali	meat	dairy	draught
Sussex		taurus	England	meat
Swedish Friesian		taurus	Sweden		dairy
Swedish Polled		taurus	Sweden		dairy
Swedish Red Pied		taurus	Sweden		dairy
Swedish Red Polled		taurus	Sweden	meat	dairy
Swedish Red-and-White		taurus	Sweden	meat	dairy

T

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Tabapuã		indicus	Brazil	meat	dairy	Draught
Tarentaise		taurus	France	meat	dairy
Tasmanian Grey		taurus	Australia	meat
Telemark		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy
Texas Longhorn		taurus	United States	meat	dairy
Texon		taurus	United States	meat
Thai Black		taurindicine	Thailand	meat
Thai Fighting Bull		indicus	Thailand				Sport
Thai Friesian		taurindicine	Thailand		dairy
Thai Milking Zebu		taurindicine	Thailand		dairy
Tharparkar		indicus	India/ Pakistan[5]		dairy	draught
Tswana		taurus	Botswana	meat	dairy
Tudanca		taurus	Spain	meat	dairy	draught	Grazing projects, rewilding
Tuli		taurus	Zimbabwe	meat	dairy
Tulim		taurindicine	South-Africa	meat
Turkish Grey Steppe		taurus		meat		draught
Tux-Zillertal		taurus	Austria	meat
Tyrol Grey		taurus	Austria	meat	dairy

U

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Umblachery		indicus	India		dairy	draught
Ukrainian Grey		taurus	Ukraine

V

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Valdostana Castana			Italy
Valdostana Pezzata Nera			Italy
Valdostana Pezzata Rossa			Italy
Väneko			Sweden
Vaynol		taurus	Wales	meat
Vechur[6]		indicus	India		dairy		Milk and ghee traditionally used in Ayurvedic medicine. The protein content of the milk has anti-bacterial properties[7][8]
Vestland Fjord		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy
Vestland Red Polled		taurus	Norway	meat	dairy
Vianesa		taurus		meat	dairy
Volinian Beef			Ukraine	meat
Vorderwald		taurus	Germany	meat	dairy
Vosgienne		taurus	France	meat	dairy

W

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Waguli		taurus	USA	meat
Wangus		taurindicine		meat
Welsh Black		taurus	Wales	meat
Western Finncattle		taurus	Finland	meat	dairy
White Cáceres		taurus	Spain	meat		draught
White Fulani		indicus	Cameroon, Nigeria	meat
White Lamphun		indicus	Thailand			draught
White Park		taurus	Great Britain	meat	dairy
Whitebred Shorthorn		taurus	Great Britain	meat

X

Y

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
Yakutian		taurus	Russia	meat	dairy	draught
Yanbian		taurus	China		draught
Yanhuang		taurindicine	China
Yurino		taurus	Ukraine

Hybrids

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, which bears yak blood;^[9] the Beefalo of North America, with bison genes; and the Selembu breed of India and Bhutan, with gayal genes. The Madura breed of Indonesia may have banteng in its parentage.^[10] In addition to these fertile hybrids, there are sterile hybrids such as the male Dzo of Nepal, a cattle-yak hybrid which is bred for agricultural work; like the mule and the hinny, they have to be continually bred from both of the parent species.

Breed	Image	Subspecies	Country/region of origin	Meat	Dairy	Draught	Other
American Breed		taurus/indicus/American bison	United States	meat
Beefalo		taurus/American bison	United States	meat
Dwarf Lulu		taurus/indicus/yak
Madura		indicus/banteng	Indonesia	meat	dairy	draught	Racing
Selembu		indicus/gaur		meat	dairy
Żubroń		taurus/European bison	Poland	Meat			Science

See also

• List of dairy cattle breeds
• List of beef cattle breeds
• Lists of domestic animal breeds
• Villard-de-Lans

Notes

References

External links

• Breeds of Cattle – Oklahoma State University
• Breeds of Cattle – Cattle.com
• Breeds of Cattle – Cow World (archived 19 January 2017)
• Cattle Breeds – Embryoplus.com (archived 29 November 2013)
• Breeds of Cattle – Official 2nd Edition
• Cattle Breeds of the World
• Portuguese Cattle Breeds (archived 17 January 2016)
• EuReCa – Towards self-sustainable EUropean, REgional CAttle breeds
• Native cow varieties of India