Itäsuomenkarja
(most common name)

(local/other name):
• Itä-Suomolainen Karja (ISK)
• Itäsuomen karja
• Kyyttö
local/other name (English):
• East Finncattle
• East Finnish
• Eastern Finncattle
• Red Pied Karelian
• Red-and-White Finnish
local/other name (Russian):
• Karelian
local/other name (Swedish):
• Ostfinsk

The Itäsuomenkarja is usually naturally polled (no horns grow).

The three Finncattle breeds are:
• West Finncattle
• North Finncattle
• East Finncattle

(Finnish) suomalaiset = Finns

Karelia (Karjala in Finnish) is an area currently divided between Russia and Finland.

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-18

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