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List of cattle breeds. Over 1000 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, others which 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 ...
Local name English name, if any Notes Image Albera: Alistana-Sanabresa: Almanzoreña: extinct: Asturiana de la Montaña: Asturian Mountain: Asturiana de los Valles: Asturian Valley
Cattle originally meant movable personal property, especially livestock of any kind, as opposed to real property (the land, which also included wild or small free-roaming animals such as chickens—they were sold as part of the land). [1] The word is a variant of chattel (a unit of personal property) and closely related to capital in the ...
Bos (primigenius) taurus. The Sayaguesa is an endangered Spanish breed of domestic cattle. It is named for the comarca of Sayago in the province of Zamora, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castilla y León, and is raised almost exclusively in that area. [4][5] It may also be known as the Zamorana, the Moles de Sayago or the ...
Purebred "Black Simmental" bull in North America. The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is a Swiss breed of dual-purpose cattle. It is named after the Simmental – the valley of the Simme river – in the Bernese Oberland, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The breed is typically reddish in colour with white markings, and is raised for both milk ...
The Spanish Fighting Bull (Toro Bravo, toro de lidia, toro lidiado, ganado bravo, Touro de Lide) is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle (Bos taurus) population. [1] It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin American countries where bullfighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for ...
Cow at Cumbraos, Mesía, in the province of A Coruña. The Rubia Gallega, Galician: Rubia Galega, is a breed of cattle native to the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It is raised mainly for meat. [3]: 143 It is distributed throughout Galicia, with about 75% of the population concentrated in the province of Lugo. [4]
Argentina has the world's second-highest consumption rate of beef, with yearly consumption at 55 kg per person. [7] In 2006, livestock farmers kept between 50 and 55 million head of cattle, mostly in the fertile pastures of the Pampas. The country is currently the third-largest beef exporter in the world after Brazil and Australia. The national ...