Ethnology - Cattle breeds

limousin

vivid red or black, lighter under stomach and eyes. , lean meat. good carcass yield., semi intensive

chianina

white or steel grey , black skin and mucosa, calfs born fawn. meat. semi intensive

charolais

beef- white coarse hair, big ears. intensive

Blonde d'Aquitaine

blonde till white, white measly, red lean marble meat. polyvalent

belgian blue

coat can be any color, heavily muscled due to gene mutation (double muscling) , meat, semi-extensive

Aberdeen Angus

mostly black, can be red, always polled, meat. semi-extensive

hereford

dark red, with a white face and underline, meat, good grazers, semi-extensive

retinta

red with white lyre shaped horns, meat, extensive

pirenaica

dark blonde, marked around eyes, long forward facing horns in males and lyre in females, meat, semi-extensive

Avilena

black, white horns with black tips, meat, extensive

morucha

black or blue roan, upturned horns, used to be fighting bulls, now meat, extensive, fights wolfs

galloway

almost any color, have a white band, dark eyes. long wavy coat, polled, beef, extensive

texas longhorn

no two are alike, huge horns, meat, extensive

simmental

gold to red, white head, pigment around heads, milk and meat, semi-extensive

galician blond

red-blond, wheat or cinnamon color, forward horns, meat and milk, high marble meat, semi-intensive to extensive

highland

double coat of thick hair, long fringe, meat with low cholesterol, extensive

piedmontese

halfling from bos indicus, white or gray coat, black around eyes, ears, tail and hooves, meat, semi-extensive

salers

dark red, coarse coat, meat and cheese, semi extensive

gelbvieh

golden honey red, fine hair, meat, great ADG, extensive with an intensive fattening period

dexter

red or black, pretty small, males are usually horned, milk and meat, very adaptable

shorthorn

red with white roan marking, beef and milk, any farming system

brahman

light gray til black, bulls are normally darker, very loose skin, many sweat glands to repel insects, meat and milk, hardy breed

normande

red/brown and white, tigerstriped brown color, meat and milk, camembert cheese, semi-intensive to extensive

brown swiss

creamy light brown, white muzzle but dark nose, helps with sun radiation, milk and meat, intensive to semi-extensive

jersey

light brown, mulberry, can have white patches, always black nose and white bordered muzzle, top milk producer, semi-extensive

holstein

black and white, or red or white, milk, semi-intensive

ayrshire

red and white, milk, polyvalent

lidia

black, black skin and mucous, large dewlap and large long tails, only bullfighting