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List of Chinese cattle breeds

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

Name Other names, if any Notes Image
Altay Whitehead[1]: 19 [2]
Apeijiaza[1]: 19 [2]
Bainiu[1]: 19 [2] extinct
Bashan[1]: 19 [2]
Bohai Black[1]: 19 [2] Shandong; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Caidamu[1]: 19 
China Simmental[1]: 19 [2]
Chinese Black and White[1]: 19 [2]
Chinese Holstein[1]: 19 [2]
Chinese Kazahk[2]
Chuannan Mountainous[1]: 19 [2]
Dabieshan[1]: 19 [2] Anhui; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Dangjiao[1]: 19 [2] extinct
Dengchuan[1]: 19 [2]
Diqing[1]: 19 [2]
Dulong[2]
Ebian Spotted[1]: 19 [2] Sichuan: draught, meat[3]: 552 
Enshi Hubei; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Fuzhou[1]: 19 [2] Liaoning; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Ganzhizang[1]: 20  Ganzi Tibetan[2]
Gaotai[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Guangfeng[1]: 20 [2] Jiangxi; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Guanling Guizhou; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Hainan[1]: 20 [2] Hainan; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Hazake[1]: 20 [2] Xinjiang; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Huangpo[1]: 20 [2]
Ji'an[1]: 20 [2]
Jiaxian Red[1]: 20 [2] Henan; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Jinan[1]: 20 [2]
Jiniu[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Jinjiang[1]: 20 [2]
Jinnan[1]: 20 [2] Shanxi; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Leigiong[1]: 20 [2]
Lhasa[1]: 20 [2]
Liangshan[1]: 20 [2]
Liping[1]: 20 [2]
Longlin Guangxi; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Luxi[1]: 20 [2] Shandong; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Meiniu[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Menggu[2] Nei Mongol; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Mengshan[1]: 20 [2]
Minnan[1]: 20 [2] Fujian; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Nandan[1]: 20 [2]
Nanyang[1]: 20 [2] Henan; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Panjiang[1]: 20 [2]
Pinglu Mountainous[1]: 20 [2] Shanxi; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Pingwu[1]: 20 [2]
Qaidam[2]
Qinchuan[1]: 20 [2] Shaanxi; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Rikaze Humped[1]: 20 [2]
Sanhe[1]: 20 [2]
Sanjiang[1]: 20 [2] Sichuan; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Shangai[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Taihang[1]: 20 [2]
Taiwan[1]: 20 [2]
Taiwan Yellow[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Taiwan Zebu[1]: 20 [2]
Tibetan[1]: 20 [2] Tibet; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Ujumqin[1]: 20 [2]
Wandong[2]
Wannan[1]: 20 [2] Anhui; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Wanniu[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Weiling Humped[1]: 20 [2] Yunnan; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Weining[1]: 20 [2]
Weizhou[1]: 20 [2]
Wenshan[2]
Wuchuan Black[1]: 20 [2]
Wuling[1]: 20 [2]
Wuzhumuqin[1]: 20 [2]
Xiangxi Hunan; meat, draught[3]: 552 
Xinjiang Brown[1]: 20 [2]
Xuanhan Sichuan; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Xuzhou[1]: 20 [2]
Yanbian[1]: 20 [2] Jilin; meat, milk[3]: 552 
Yangba[1]: 20 [2] extinct
Yiling[2]
Yunnan Humped[1]: 20 [2] Yunnan; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Yunnan Zebu[1]: 20 [2]
Zaobei[1]: 20 [2] Hubei; draught, meat[3]: 552 
Zhangmu[1]: 21 [2]
Zhaotong[1]: 21 [2]
Zhoushan[1]: 21 [2]

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