List of Brazilian cattle breeds

This is a list of cattle breeds considered in Brazil to be wholly or partly of Brazilian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Brazilian.

NameOther names, if anyNotesImage
Angola[1]
Brazilian Gir[1]
Brazilian Milking Crossbred[2]:139Mestiço Leitiero Brasileiro
Canchim[1]
Cangaian[1]
Caracu[1]
Caracu Caldeano[1]
China[1]
Crioulo Lageano[1]
Crioulo do Sul[1]Brazilian Crioulo[2]:139
Curraleiro-Pé Duro[1]
Dairy Gir[1]
Franqueiro[3]:202
Girolando[1]
Guademar[1]
Guzerá[1]
Guzerá mocho[1]
Ibage[1]
Igarap[1]
Indu-Brasil[1]
Irece[1]
Javanês[1]
Junqueiro[1]
Lavinia[1]
Malabar[1]
Mantiqueira[1]
Mocho Nacional[1]
Nelore[1]
Nilo[1]
Pantaneiro[1]
  • Cuiabano
  • Tucura[3]:201
Patuá[1]
Pedreiro[1]
Pitangueiras[1]
Quinhentão[1]
Santa Gabriela[1]
Tabapuan[1]
Tatu[1]

References

  1. Breed data sheet: Brazil, Cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2019.
  2. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  3. Robert W. Wilcox (2017). Cattle in the Backlands: Mato Grosso and the evolution of ranching in the Brazilian tropics. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9781477311141.
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