Madagascar Zebu
(most common name)

(local/other name):
• Malagasy (Madagascar)
local/other name (French):
• Malgache (Madagascar)
• Zébu malgache (Comoros)
local/other name (Malagasy):
• Omby Malagasy (Madagascar)

The Madagascar Zebu is a distinct breed whose history can be traced back to the first and second millennia BC.

These cattle vary in appearance depending on their habitat on Madagascar — which is the fourth-largest island in the world.

As the principal cattle breed on Comoros (an African country that is a group of islands north of Madagascar), their color can be mahogany red to dark fawn.

On the island of Réunion, cattle known as Moka are also a Madagascar Zebu type. (Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, is officially known as Department of Réunion and is an overseas department and region of France.)

This page was last updated on: 2024-05-09

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