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This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in India to be wholly or partly of Indian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Indian. Cows from these breeds are often called Desi cows.

Indigenous breeds

Local name Other names Notes Image
Alambadi Tamil Nadu
Amrit Mahal Amritmahal Karnataka
Bachaur Bihar
Badri Uttarakhand
Bargur Tamil Nadu
Belahi Haryana, Chandigarh
Bengali
Binjharpuri Orissa
Brownsind Allahabad; composite of Red Sindhi and Brown Swiss
Cutchi Kachhi Cutch, north-western Gujarat
Dangi Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Deoni Maharashtra, Karnataka
Devarakota Tamil Nadu, regional variant of Ongole
Devni Osmanabad, Maharashtra
Frieswal composite breed
Gangatiri Shahabadi Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
Gaolao Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Ghumusari Goomsur; Ghumsuri Orissa
Gir Gujarat
Goomsur see Ghumusari
Gujamavu variant of Hallikar
Hallikar Karnataka
Hariana Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Hissar Hansi-hissar; Hissar-hansi; Hissar-hariana; Hansi southern Punjab
Jellicut see Pulikulam
Jersind Allahabad; composite of Red Sindhi and Jersey
Kangayam Tamil Nadu
Kankrej Gujarat, Rajasthan
Kappiliyan see Jellicut
Karan Fries composite of Tharparkar and Friesian
Karan Swiss composite of Sahiwal and Brown Swiss
Kasaragod Kerala
Kenkatha Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Khamala Betul, southern Madhya Pradesh
Khariar Orissa
Khasi Assam Hill; Assam Plain Assam, north-eastern states; variant of Bengali
Kherigarh Uttar Pradesh
Khillari Maharashtra, Karnataka
Kosali Chhattisgarh
Krishnagiri Tamil Nadu
Krishna Valley Kistna Valley Karnataka
Kumauni northern Uttar Pradesh
Ladakhi Kashmir
Lakhimi Assam
Malnad Gidda Karnataka
Malvi Madhya Pradesh
Mampati Madhya Pradesh
Manapari Tamil Nadu
Mewati Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
Mhaswad variant of Khillari
Motu Deshi Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
Murrah buffalo Haryana
Nagori Rajasthan
Nakali variant of Khillari
Nimari Khargoni; Khurgoni; Khargaon Madhya Pradesh
Native Cattle All over the nation
Ongole Andhra Pradesh
Ponwar Uttar Pradesh
Pulikulam Jellicut; Kilakattu; Kilkad; Kilakad Tamil Nadu
Punganur Andhra Pradesh
Purnea Red Purnea north-eastern Bihar
Ramgarhi east Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Rathi eastern Rajasthan
Red Kandhari Lakhalbunda Maharashtra
Red Sindhi Malir; Sindhi; Red Karachi
Sahiwal Punjab, Rajasthan
Sanchori Marwari Jodhpur, Rajasthan; variant of Kankrej
Shahabadi see Gangatiri
Siri Trahbum Sikkim, West Bengal
Son Valley Madhya Pradesh
Sunandini Kerala; composite of local zebuine stock and Brown Swiss
Tarai
Taylor Patna, Bihar; composite of local zebuine stock with Shorthorn and Channel Island stock
Tharparkar Grey Sindhi; White Sindhi; Thari Rajasthan
Thillari Tapti; Tapi
Tho Tho Nagaland
Umblachery Mottai Madu; Southern; Tanjore; Therkuthi Madu Tamil Nadu
Vechur Kerala

See also

References

  1. Breeds reported by India: Cattle Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
  2. Registered Breeds of Cattle. Karnal, Haryana: National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources. Accessed August 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. (2005). Country Report on Animal Genetic Resources of India. Annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629.
Cattle breeds of India
These are the cattle breeds considered in India to be wholly or partly of Indian origin. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Indian.
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