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Aalstreep (syn. Witrik) - cow - Netherlands
abel gorriak (syn. Betizuak in Basque)
Aberdeen-Angus - cow, bull, heifer calf - Scotland
Aberdeen-Angus (original population) - cow - United Kingdom
Aberdeen-Angus colorado (syn. Red Angus in Argentina)
Aberdeenshire Shorthorn (obs. syn. Beef Shorthorn) - Scotland
Abergelle - bull, cow - Ethiopia
Abgal (syn. Gasara) - Somalia
Abigar - cow - Ethiopia/South Sudan
Abondance - cow, bull, heifer - France
Abori (syn. Red Bororo in Hausa)
Abosa - Ethiopia
Abruzzese (var. Apulian Podolian, extinct) - Italy
Abyssinian Highland Zebu (syn. Bale) - Ethiopia
Abyssinian Sangas (type of cattle) - Ethiopia
Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu (group) - Ethiopia

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Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu cattle:
Adwa - Ethiopia
Ambo - Ethiopia
Anniya - Ethiopia
Arsi - Ethiopia
Bale - Ethiopia
Buche - Ethiopia
Chefe - Ethiopia
Dega - Ethiopia
Doba - Ethiopia
Gamo - Ethiopia
Goffa - Ethiopia
Guraghe - Ethiopia
Hammer - Ethiopia
Harar - Ethiopia
Issa - Ethiopia
JemJem - Ethiopia
Jijjiga (syn. Ethiopian Lowland Zebu)
Jilbeguro - Ethiopia
Kereyu - Ethiopia
Mursi - Ethiopia
Oboo - Ethiopia
Ogaden (syn. Ethiopian Lowland Zebu)
Salea - Ethiopia
Sidamo - Ethiopia
Smada - Ethiopia

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Acastinado (group) - Spain

Acastinado (chestnut) cattle:
Limiana - heifer - Spain
Verinesa - Spain
Vianesa - bull, cow - Spain

Acchai (syn. Lohani) - Pakistan
Acchami (syn. Achham) - Nepal
ACDC (syn. Australian Commercial Dairy Cow) - Australia
Aceh - bull - Indonesia
Achai - Pakistan
Acheen (not syn. Aceh)
Acheh (not syn. Aceh)
Achham - Nepal
Achhani (not syn. Aceh)
Achin (not syn. Aceh)
Achinese (not syn. Aceh)
Achiote - cow - Guatemala
Açoreana (syn. Azores in Portuguese)
Acreno (not syn. Carreña)
Adal (syn. Afar in Djibouti/Eritrea)
Adali (syn. Afar in Djibouti/Eritrea)
Adamawa - Cameroon/Nigeria
Adani (syn. Somali Zebu in Djibouti)
Adaptaur (syn. Belmont Adaptaur) - Australia
Adar (part syn. Azaouak in Hausa)
Aden (syn. Baherie) - Eritrea
Adige (re. Grey Adige, extinct)
Adwa (Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu) - Ethiopia
Afar - cow - Djibouti/Eritrea/Ethiopia
Afghan - Afghanistan

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Afghan cattle:
Konari - cow - Afghanistan
Shakhansurri - cow - Afghanistan

Afghan Subtropical - Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Afghan Subtropical - Afghanistan
Konari - cow - Afghanistan
Shakhansurri - cow - Afghanistan

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African aurochs (extinct) - North Africa
African buffalo - Africa South of Sahara
African zebu (type of cattle)
Africander (syn. Afrikaner in USA/Australia) - bull - Australia
Africangus - USA
Afrigus - South Africa
Afrikander (syn. Afrikaner) - South Africa
Afrikaner (syn. Afrikander in Afrikaans) - cow and calf, bull, bull calf - South Africa
AFS (syn. Australian Friesian Sahiwal) - Australia
Agerolese - cow, bull - Italy
Agersø - Denmark
agoo (syn. galiba) - China
Agrupaciones-Serranas (re. Spanish Mountain) - Spain
ah gorh (syn. galiba) - China
Ain-Beira - Algeria
AIS (syn. Illawarra) - Australia
Akage Washu 褐毛和種 (syn. Japanese Brown) - bull calf - Japan
Akamba (syn. Kamba) - Kenya
Akaushi - USA
Akele-Guzai (syn. Aradó) - Eritrea/Ethiopia
Akou (syn. White Fulani)
Akshi - cow and calf - Jordan/Lebanon/Syria
Ala-Tau - cow, bull - Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan
Alambadi - India
Alatau (syn. Ala-Tau in Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan) - cow - Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan
Alatauskaya (syn. Ala-Tau in Russian)
Alatoo (syn. Ala-Tau in Kyrgyzstan)
Alb (extinct) - Germany

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ALBANIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Albanian (syn. Illyrian) - Albania
Albanian Black Pied - Albania
Albanian Dwarf (var. Albanian) - Albania
Albanian Illyrian (syn. Albanian) - Albania
Albanian Prespa Cattle (syn. Prespa) - Albania
Illyrian (type of cattle) - cow - Albania, Kosovo

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Albanian (syn. Illyrian) - Albania
Albanian Black Pied - Albania
Albanian Dwarf (var. Albanian) - Albania
Albanian Illyrian (syn. Albanian) - Albania
Albanian Prespa Cattle (syn. Prespa) - Albania
Albatinah - Oman
Albera - cow - France/Spain
Albères - bull, heifer calf - France/Spain
Albese (var. Piemontese) - Italy
Alderney (obs. syn. Channel Island) - Channel Islands
Alentejana - cow, bull, bull calf - Portugal
Aleppo (syn. Damascus) - Syria
Algarvia (var. Alentejana) - cow - Portugal
Algau (not syn. Allgäuer)

ALGERIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Algerian (type of cattle, re. Brown Atlas) - Algeria
Atlas (re. Brown Atlas) - Algeria/Libya/Maruritania/Morocco/Tunisia
Brown Atlas - cow - Algeria/Libya/Morocco/Tunisia
Chaouia (subvar. Cheurfa, var. Brown Atlas) - heifer calf - Algeria
Guelma (former var. Brown Atlas) - cow - Algeria/Tunisia
Setifienne - cow, heifer calf - Algeria

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Algerian (type of cattle, re. Brown Atlas) - Algeria
Aliab Dinka - young bull, cow - South Sudan
Alistana-Sanabresa - cow - Spain
Allgäu (re. Allgäuer ) - Germany
Allgäuer (var. German Brown) - cow - Germany
Allmogekor - Sweden
Almanzoreña (former var. Murcian, extinct) - Spain
Alpenfleckvieh (re. Bergscheck) - Austria
Alpha 16 (extinct) - France
Alpine (type of cattle) - Europe

Alpine cattle:
Austrian Yellow - Austria
Brown Mountain - European Alps
Grey Mountain - European Alps
Pinzgauer - Austria/Germany/Italy
Simmental - Switzerland

Alpine Hérens (syn. Herens) - heifer - France
Alsatian Simmental (extinct) - France
Altai (re. Yakut, extinct) - Russia
Altay Whitehead - China
Altiplano Criollo (syn. Chusco) - Bolivia
Alumbadi (not syn. Alambadi)
Alur - cow - DR Congo
Alvanes - cow - Portugal
Amabowe - Zimbabwe
Amanjanja (syn. Mashona) - Zimbabwe
Amarillo de Quebrada Arriba (re. Carora) - Venezuela
Ambala (syn. Shuwa in Nigeria)
Ambo (Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu) - Ethiopia
Ambo (singular of Ovambo) - Namibia
Amélioré - Comoros

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American Angus - cow, steer - Canada/USA
American Ayrshire - cow - USA
American Beef Friesian - USA
American Blonde d'Aquitaine - USA
American Brahman (syn. Brahman) - USA
American Breed - USA
American Brown Swiss (syn. Brown Swiss) - USA
American Charolais - USA
American Dairy Cattle - USA
American Devon (syn. Beef Devon) - USA
American Dutch Belted (syn. Dutch Belted) - USA
American Friesian (syn. American Beef Friesian) - USA
American Gelbvieh - cow - USA
American Guernsey - USA
American Jersey - cow - USA
American Limousin - bull - Canada/USA
American Lineback - cow and calf - USA
American Maine-Anjou - USA
American Mashona - bull - USA
American Milking Devon (syn. Milking Devon) - Canada/USA
American Shorthorn (syn. Shorthorn) - Canada/USA
American Wagyu - heifer calves - USA
American White Park - Canada/USA
Amerifax - USA
Amritmahal - cow - India
Amsterdam Island - Indian Ocean (French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
AMZ (syn. Australian Milking Zebu) - Australia
Anadolu Yerli Kara (syn. Anatolian Black in Turkish) - Turkey
Anatolian (syn. Baladi in Hama) - Syria
Anatolian Black - Turkey
Anatolian Grey (syn. Turkish Grey Steppe) - Turkey
Anatolian native (group) - Turkey

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Anatolian native cattle:
Anatolian Black - Turkey
East Anatolian Red - cow - Turkey
South Anatolian Red - cow - Turkey

Ancholi (not syn. Ankole)
Ancient Cattle of Wales - Wales
Ancient Egyptian (syn. Hamitic Longhorn) - Egypt
Ancient White Park - North America
Andalusian (group) - Spain

Andalusian cattle:
Andalusian Black - cow - Spain
Andalusian Blond (var. Retinta) - cow - Spain
Andalusian Grey - Spain
Berrenda en Colorado - bull - Spain
Berrenda en Negro - bull - Spain
Retinta - cow and calf - Spain

Andalusian Black - cow - Spain
Andalusian Blond (var. Retinta) - cow - Spain
Andalusian Grey - Spain

Andalusian Pied cattle:
Berrenda en Colorado - bull - Spain
Berrenda en Negro - bull - Spain

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Andalusian Red (re. Retinta) - Spain
Andaluz (syn. Costeño con Cuernos) - Colombia
Angeln - cow - Germany
Angler Rotvieh (syn. Angeln in German) - Germany
Anglesea (re. North Wales Black, extinct)
Anglesey (re. North Wales Black, extinct)
Angola (extinct) - Brazil
Angola (group)

ANGOLA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Barotse - Angola/Zambia
Barra do Cuanzo - Angola
Cateta - Angola
Humbi - Angola
Kwaniama - Angola
Kombe (or Muanda) - Angola
Mocho de Malange - Angola
Mocho de Quilengues (or Tshilengue) - Angola
Mucubai - Angola
Muhanda Muíla - Angola
Mumuíla - Angola
N’Dama - cow - West Africa
Ngomge - Angola
Nhaneca - Angola - Angola
Porto Amboim - Angola/DR Congo
Tshilingue - Angola

Angolan (syn. Humbi) - Angola

Angolan cattle:
Barotse - Angola/Zambia
Barra do Cuanzo - Angola
Cateta - Angola
Humbi - Angola
Kwaniama - Angola
Kombe (or Muanda) - Angola
Mocho de Malange - Angola
Mocho de Quilengues (or Tshilengue) - Angola
Mucubai - Angola
Muhanda Muíla - Angola
Mumuíla - Angola
Ngomge - Angola
Nhaneca - Angola - Angola
Ovambo - bull - Namibia
Porto Amboim - Angola/DR Congo
Tshilingue - Angola

Angone (syn. Angonia) - Mozambique
Angoni - Mozambique/Zambia
Angonia (var. Angoni) - Mozambique
Angus (syn. Aberdeen-Angus) - Scotland
Angus (syn. American Angus) - Canada/USA
Angus Doddie (re. Aberdeen-Angus (original population), extinct) - Scotland
Angus Plus - USA
Anjou (re. Maine-Anjou) - France
Ankina - USA

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Ankole - heifer, cow - Burundi/DR Congo/Rwanda/Tanzania/Uganda

Ankole cattle:
Ankole - heifer, cow - Burundi/DR Congo/Rwanda/Tanzania/Uganda
Ankole-Watusi - bull - USA
Bahima - cow - DR Congo/Uganda
Bashi - DR Congo
Inkuku - Rwanda
Inyambo - Rwanda
Kigezi - Uganda
Kivu - cow and bull - DR Congo
Nsagalla - cow - Uganda
Ruzizi - Rwanda-Burundi/Kivu region/DR Congo
Toro - Uganda
Watusi - cow - DR Congo/Rwanda/Tanzania

Ankole-Watusi - bull - USA

Ankole-Zebu cattle:
Alur - cow - DR Congo
Kyoga - cow - Uganda
Nsagalla - cow - Uganda
Nyoro - cow - Uganda

Ankoli (not syn. Ankole)
Annamese (syn. Vietnamese) - Viet Nam
Annamite (syn. Vietnamese) - Viet Nam
Anniya (Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu) - Ethiopia

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Ansbach-Triesdorfer - cow, bull - Germany
Antakli (syn. Lebanese) - Lebanon
Antakya (re. Lebanese) - Lebanon
Antioqueño (syn. Blanco Orejinegro) - Colombia
Antioquia (syn. Blanco Orejinegro) - Colombia
Anuak (syn. Abigar in South Sudan)
Anxi - China
Anzai (syn. Anxi) - China

Aosta cattle:
Aosta Black Pied - Italy
Aosta Chestnut - cow - Italy
Aosta Red Pied (syn. Valdostana pezzata rossa) - cow - Italy
Oropa - cow - Italy

Aosta Black Pied - Italy
Aosta Chestnut - cow - Italy
Aosta Red Pied (syn. Valdostana pezzata rossa) - cow - Italy
Apeijiaza 阿佩家扎牛 - cow - China/Tibet
Apulian Podolian - bull - Italy
Aquitaine Blond (syn. Blonde d’Aquitaine) - France
Aquitanica - Brazil
Arab - cow - Israel
Arab (re. Kuri) - Chad/Niger/Nigeria
Arab (re. Large East African Zebu)
Arab (syn. Azaouak) - Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Arab (syn. Baherie) - Eritrea
Arab (syn. Maure) - Mali/Mauritania
Arab (syn. Shuwa) - Chad
Arab Choa (syn. Shuwa) - Chad/Nigeria
Arab Shuwa (syn. Shuwa) - Cameroon/Chad/Nigeria
Arab Zebu (re. Large East African Zebu) - Sudan
Arabe Choua (syn. Shuwa) - Cameroon
Arabian (syn. Maryuti) - Egypt
Arabo - Eritrea
Aracena - bull calf - Portugal
Aradó - Eritrea/Ethiopia/Sudan
Aral - Togo
Arashie (syn. Beja) - Sudan
Archangel (re. Kholmogory) - Russia
Ardebili (syn. Sarabi) - Iran
Ardennes-Liège Red Pied (syn. Eastern Red Pied, extinct) - Belgium

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ARGENTINA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Aberdeen-Angus colorado (syn. Red Angus in Argentina)
Argentine Criollo - cow, bull - Argentina
Argentine Friesian (syn. Argentine Holstein) - heifer - Argentina
Argentine Holstein - Argentina
Chaco Criollo - cow and calf - Argentina/Bolivia/Paraguay
Criollo Argentino Patagonico - cow - Argentina
Criollo Chaqueño - bull - Argentina
Fronterizo - cow and calf - Argentina
Ganado Criollo Argentino - bull, cow - Argentina
Niata - cow - Argentina/Uruguay
Serrano - cow - Argentina
Tropical - bull - Argentina

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Argentine Criollo - cow, bull - Argentina
Argentine Friesian (syn. Argentine Holstein) - heifer - Argentina
Argentine Holstein - Argentina
Aria (syn. Gasara) - Somalia
Armoricaine - cow - France
Armorican (syn. Armoricaine) - France
Arouquesa - cow, bull, heifer, cow - Portugal
Arsi - bull - Ethiopia
Artón del Valle (not syn. Hartón)
Arunachali (subtype Mithun) - India
Arusi (syn. Arsi) - Ethiopia
Arussi (syn. Arsi) - Ethiopia
Arussi-Galla (extinct) - Ethiopia
Arvi (syn. Gaolao) - India
Asaorta (syn. Aradó) - Eritrea/Ethiopia
Asaortina (syn. Aradó in Italian)
Asiago (syn. Burlina) - Italy
Asian Yellow (syn. Laotian) - Laos
Askanian Meat - Ukraine
Assam local - India
Astrakhan (syn. Kalmyk) - Russia
Asturian - Spain

Asturian cattle:
Asturian Mountain - cow and calf - Spain
Asturian Valley - cow - Spain

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Asturian Mountain - cow and calf - Spain
Asturian Valley - cow - Spain
Asturiana de las montañas (syn. Asturian Mountain) - Spain
Asturiana de los valles (syn. Asturian Valley) - Spain
Atacora (syn. Somba) - Benin/Togo
Atakora (syn. Somba) - Benin/Togo
Atlas (re. Brown Atlas) - Algeria/Libya/Maruritania/Morocco/Tunisia
Atpadi Mahal (var. Khillari) - India
Aubrac - bull, cow - France
Augeronne - France
Aulie-Ata - Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
Auliekol (composite) - Kazakhstan
Aure et Saint-Girons - France
Aure et St Girons (syn. Aure et Saint-Girons) - France
aurochs (extinct) - Global
Aurochs de Heck (syn. Heck cattle) - France/Germany/Latvia/Netherlands/UK
Aurochs reconsti (syn. Heck cattle) - France/Germany/Latvia/Netherlands/UK
Aurois (syn. Aure et Saint-Girons) - France
Aussie Red - Australia

AUSTRALIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
ACDC (syn. Australian Commercial Dairy Cow) - Australia
Adaptaur (syn. Belmont Adaptaur) - Australia
Africander - bull - Australia
AFS (syn. Australian Friesian Sahiwal) - Australia
AIS (syn. Illawarra) - Australia
AMZ (syn. Australian Milking Zebu) - Australia
Aussie Red - Australia
Australian Angus - Australia
Australian Braford - bull - Australia
Australian Brangus - Australia
Australian Charbray - Australia
Australian Commercial Dairy Cow - Australia
Australian Friesian Sahiwal (syn. Australian Frieswal) - Australia
Australian Frieswal - Australia
Australian Grey - Australia
Australian Holstein-Friesian - Australia
Australian Illawarra Shorthorn (syn. Illawarra) - Australia
Australian Jersey - heifer - Australia
Australian Milking Zebu - Australia
Australian Red Dairy Breed (type, syn. Aussie Red) - Australia
Australian Sahiwal - bull - Australia
Australian Shorthorn - heifer calf - Australia
Australian White - cow and calf - Australia
Bali cattle - cow, heifer (2), bull, young bull, cow and calf - Australia/Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines
Braford - bull - Australia/USA
Droughtmaster - young bull - Australia
Mandalong Special - bull - Australia
Miniature Belted Galloway - cow - Australia
Murray Grey - heifer - Australia
Polled Hereford - cow, bull - Australia/Canada/USA
Red Angus - heifer - Australia/Canada/USA

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Australian Angus - Australia
Australian Braford - bull - Australia
Australian Brangus - Australia
Australian Charbray - Australia
Australian Commercial Dairy Cow - Australia
Australian Friesian Sahiwal (syn. Australian Frieswal) - Australia
Australian Frieswal - Australia
Australian Grey - Australia
Australian Holstein-Friesian - Australia
Australian Illawarra Shorthorn (syn. Illawarra) - Australia
Australian Jersey - heifer - Australia
Australian Milking Zebu - Australia
Australian Red Dairy Breed (type, syn. Aussie Red) - Australia
Australian Sahiwal - bull - Australia
Australian Shorthorn - heifer calf - Australia
Australian White - cow and calf - Australia

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AUSTRIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Alpenfleckvieh (re. Bergscheck) - Austria
Austrian Black Pied Lowland - Austria
Austrian Blond - Austria
Austrian Brown - heifer calf - Austria
Austrian Brown (Original) - Austria
Austrian Pinzgauer - Austria
Austrian Simmental - bull, cow - Austria
Austrian Yellow - cow - Austria
Carinthian Blond - heifer - Austria
Jochberg Hummel - cow and calf - Austria
Murboden - bull - Austria
Pinzgauer - bull - Austria/Germany/Italy
Pustertaler Sprinzen - cow and calf - Austria/Italy
Tiroler Grauvieh - heifer calf - Austria
Tux-Zillertal - cow and calf - Austria
Tyrol Grey - young bull - Austria
Waldviertler Blondvieh - cow - Austria

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Austrian Black Pied Lowland - Austria
Austrian Blond - Austria
Austrian Brown - heifer calf - Austria
Austrian Brown (Original) - Austria
Austrian Pinzgauer - Austria
Austrian Simmental - bull, cow - Austria
Austrian Yellow - cow - Austria
Avai (syn. Ethiopian Boran) - Ethiopia
Avétonou (extinct) - Togo
Avileña - Spain
Avileña-Black Iberian - cow - Spain
Avileña-Negra Ibérica (variedad Bociblanca) - Spain
Awankari (syn. Dhanni) - Pakistan
Aweil Dinka - cow - South Sudan/Sudan
Ayrshire - cow, heifer - Scotland
Ayuna (type of Ethiopian Boran) - Ethiopia
Azangus - Azerbaijan
Azaouak (syn. Azawak) - cow - Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Azawa (syn. Azawak) - Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Azawaje (syn. Azawak) - Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Azawak (syn. Azaouak) - bull - Benin/Burkina Faso/Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Azawal (syn. Azawak) - Mali/Niger/Nigeria
Azebuado (group) - Brazil

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Azebuado cattle:
Angola (extinct) - Brazil
Brazilian Dairy Hybrid - cow - Brazil
Canchim - young bull - Brazil
China (extinct) - Brazil
Dairy Indo-European - Brazil
Guademar (extinct) - Brazil
Ibagé - bull - Brazil
Javanês (extinct) - Brazil
Lavinia - Brazil
Malabar (extinct) - Brazil
Mantiqueira - Brazil
Nilo (extinct) - Brazil
Pitangueiras - cow - Brazil
Riopardense (syn. Riopardenze in English) - Brazil
Santa Gabriela (extinct) - Brazil
Tatu (extinct ) - Brazil

AZERBAIJAN - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
Azerbaijan Brown (syn. Caucasian Brown) - Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Red (extinct) - Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Zebu - Azerbaijan
Caucasian Brown - bull - Azerbaijan/Georgia
Qafqaz qonuru (syn. Caucasian Brown) - cow - Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Brown (syn. Caucasian Brown) - Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Red (extinct) - Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Zebu - Azerbaijan
Azores - Portugal
Azul y Pintado - bull (2) - Colombia

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