Kalmyk
(transboundary/brand name)

(most common name):
• Kalmytskaya
• Калмыцкая
(local/other name):
• Krasno-astrakhanskaya
• Красно-Астраханская
local/other name (English):
• Astrakhan
• Red Astrakhan

The Kalmyk is a Turano-Mongolian breed.

The Kalmyk is found in the most western part of southeast Russia — on the steppes around the Volga and Don rivers near the Caspian Sea.

Turano-Mongolian, in reference to cattle, refers to a distinctive skull formation that includes:
• a wedge-shaped skull
• a depression on the frontal bone
• a narrow crown
• horns growing straight-up

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

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