Criollo Lechero Dominicano
(most common name)

(transboundary/brand name):
• Tropical Dairy Criollo
(local/other name):
• Criollo Lechero Tropicana
local/other name (English):
• Improved Criollo
• Milking Criollo

The Criollo Lechero Dominicano is a variety of the Tropical Dairy Criollo.

Mason (Encyclopedia 2016; Dictionary 2020) lists the Dominican Criollo as being the English name for the Criollo Lechero Dominicano.

DAD-IS database lists the Dominican Criollo and the Criollo Lechero Dominicano as two separate breeds under the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Criollo’s description of origin says it is a variety of Tropical Dairy Criollo. The Criollo Lechero Dominicano has no description of origin, just a location within country: research center (CIMPA) in the province of Santiago.

DAD-IS database lists 3 different local names plus a transboundary/brand name for the Criollo Lechero Dominicano (see above).

DAD-IS database lists one different local name for the Dominican Criollo: Dominican.

DAD-IS database lists the coat color for the Dominican Criollo as unicolored (varying from black to red and brick to yellow).

DAD-IS database lists the coat color for the Criollo Lechero Dominicano as unicolored (light dun to dark red) and multicolored (often with black points).

They are both probaly the same breed with the Criollo Lechero Dominicano specifically bred at the research center.

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-16

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