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
edit| Local name | Other names | Notes | Image |
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| Alambadi[1][4] | Tamil Nadu | ||
| Amrit Mahal[1][4] | Amritmahal | Karnataka[2] | 
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| Bachaur[1][4] | Bihar[2] | ||
| Badri[2] | Uttarakhand[2] | ||
| Bargur[1][4] | Tamil Nadu[2] | 
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| Belahi[2] | Haryana, Chandigarh[2] | ||
| Bengali[1] | |||
| Binjharpuri[1][4] | Orissa[2] | ||
| Brownsind[1] | Allahabad; composite of Red Sindhi and Brown Swiss | ||
| Cutchi[1] | Kachhi | Cutch, north-western Gujarat | |
| Dangi[1][4] | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh[2] | 
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| Deoni[1] | Maharashtra, Karnataka[2] | 
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| Devarakota[1] | Tamil Nadu, regional variant of Ongole | ||
| Devni[1] | Osmanabad, Maharashtra | ||
| Frieswal[1] | composite breed | ||
| Gangatiri[1][4] | Shahabadi | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar[2] | 
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| Gaolao[1][4] | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh[2] | 
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| Ghumusari[1][4] | Goomsur;[3]: 190 Ghumsuri[4] | Orissa[2] | |
| Gir[1][4] | Gujarat[2] | 
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| Goomsur[1] | see Ghumusari | ||
| Gujamavu[1] | variant of Hallikar[3]: 193 | ||
| Hallikar[1][4] | Karnataka[2] | 
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| Hariana[1][4] | Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Hissar[1] | Hansi-hissar; Hissar-hansi; Hissar-hariana; Hansi | southern Punjab | |
| Jellicut[1] | see Pulikulam | ||
| Jersind[1] | Allahabad; composite of Red Sindhi and Jersey | ||
| Kangayam[1][4] | Tamil Nadu[2] | 
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| Kankrej[1][4] | Gujarat, Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Kappiliyan[1] | see Jellicut | ||
| Karan Fries[1] | composite of Tharparkar and Friesian | ||
| Karan Swiss[1] | composite of Sahiwal and Brown Swiss | ||
| Kasaragod[3]: 322 | Kerala[3] | 
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| Kenkatha[1][4] | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh[2] | 
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| Khamala[1] | Betul, southern Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Khariar[1] | Orissa[2] | ||
| Khasi[1] | Assam Hill; Assam Plain | Assam, north-eastern states; variant of Bengali | |
| Kherigarh[1][4] | Uttar Pradesh[2] | 
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| Khillari[1][4] | Maharashtra, Karnataka[2] | 
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| Kosali[2] | Chhattisgarh[2] | ||
| Krishnagiri[1] | Tamil Nadu | ||
| Krishna Valley[1][4] | Kistna Valley | Karnataka[2] | 
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| Kumauni[1][4] | northern Uttar Pradesh | ||
| Ladakhi[1][4] | Kashmir | ||
| Lakhimi[2] | Assam | ||
| Malnad Gidda[1][4] | Karnataka[2] | 
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| Malvi[1][4] | Madhya Pradesh[2] | 
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| Mampati[1][4] | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Manapari[1][4] | Tamil Nadu | ||
| Mewati[1][4] | Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh[2] | ||
| Mhaswad[1] | variant of Khillari | ||
| Motu[1][4] | Deshi | Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh[2] | |
| Murrah buffalo[1][4] | Haryana[2] | 
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| Nagori[1][4] | Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Nakali[1] | variant of Khillari | ||
| Nimari[1][4] | Khargoni; Khurgoni; Khargaon | Madhya Pradesh[2] | 
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| Native Cattle[1] | All over the nation | ||
| Ongole[1][4] | Andhra Pradesh[2] | 
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| Ponwar[1][4] | Uttar Pradesh[2] | 
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| Pulikulam[1][4] | Jellicut; Kilakattu; Kilkad; Kilakad | Tamil Nadu[2] | |
| Punganur[1][4] | Andhra Pradesh[2] | ||
| Purnea[1] | Red Purnea[4] | north-eastern Bihar | |
| Ramgarhi[1] | east Mandla, Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Rathi[1][4] | eastern Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Red Kandhari[1][4] | Lakhalbunda | Maharashtra[2] | 
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| Red Sindhi[1][2][4] | Malir; Sindhi; Red Karachi | 
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| Sahiwal[1][4] | Punjab, Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Sanchori[1] | Marwari | Jodhpur, Rajasthan; variant of Kankrej | |
| Shahabadi[1][4] | see Gangatiri | ||
| Siri[1][4] | Trahbum | Sikkim, West Bengal[2] | |
| Son Valley[1] | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Sunandini[1] | Kerala; composite of local zebuine stock and Brown Swiss | ||
| Tarai[1][4] | |||
| Taylor[1] | Patna, Bihar; composite of local zebuine stock with Shorthorn and Channel Island stock | ||
| Tharparkar[1][4] | Grey Sindhi; White Sindhi; Thari | Rajasthan[2] | 
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| Thillari[1] | Tapti; Tapi | ||
| Tho Tho[1][3]: 314 [4] | Nagaland | ||
| Umblachery[1][4] | Mottai Madu; Southern; Tanjore; Therkuthi Madu | Tamil Nadu[2] | 
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| Vechur[1][4] | Kerala[2] | 
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See also
edit- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
- Indigenous cattle breeds of India
- Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB, Hisar)
- Government Livestock Farm, Hisar (GLF, Hisar)
- National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI, Karnal)
- List of water buffalo breeds
References
edit- Breeds reported by India: Cattle Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
- Registered Breeds of Cattle. Karnal, Haryana: National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources. Accessed August 2017.
- 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.
- [Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying] (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.