List of Chinese cattle breeds

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
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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