List of Portuguese cattle breeds

This is a list of the cattle breeds usually considered to have originated in Portugal.

Name Notes Image
Alentejana[1][2][3]
Algarvia[1][3]
Arouquesa[1][2][3]
Barrosã[1][2][3]
Brava de Lide[1][2]
Brava dos Açores[1]
Cachena[1][2]
Garvonesa[1][2][3]
Jarmelista[1]
Marinhoa[1][2][3]
Maronesa[1][2][3]
Mertolenga[1][2][3]
Minhota[1][2][3]
Mirandesa[1][2]
Preta[1][2][3]
Ramo Grande[1][2]

References

doi:10.2527/jas.2010-3338. (subscription required).
  • Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
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    Cattle breeds of Portugal
    These are the cattle breeds considered in Portugal to be wholly or partly of Portuguese origin. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Portuguese.