Breed Names - Cattle Groups - COUNTRIES/AREAS OF ORIGIN

l’Isker grise (syn. Iskar) - Mali
La race Ferrando-Forezienne (syn. Ferrandaise) - France
La race des Pyrénées-Occidentales (syn. Béarnais) - France
La race du Puy-de-Dôme (syn. Ferrandaise) - France
La Velasquez (syn. Velásquez) - Colombia
Ladakh Hill (type) - India
Ladakhi - cow - Kashmir valley (Himalayas)
Lageano (re. Crioulo Lageano) - Brazil
Lagone (not syn. Logone)
Lagoon (syn. Ghana Dwarf Muturu) - Ghana
Lagos keteku (re. Keteku) - Nigeria
Laguiole (syn. Aubrac) - France
Lagunaire (syn. Lagune) - Benin/Côte d’Ivoire/Togo
Lagune - Benin/Côte d'Ivoire/Togo
Lahn (extinct) - Germany
Laisind - Viet Nam
Lake Chad (re. Kuri) - Cameroon/Chad/Niger/Nigeria
Lakenvelder - cow - Netherlands
Lakhalbhinda (not syn. Red Kandhari)
Lakhalbunda (syn. Red Kandhari) - India
Lambadi (syn. Alambadi) - India
Lambi Bar (syn. Sahiwal) - Pakistan
Lancashire (obs. syn. Longhorn) - heifer calf - England
Land Shorthorn (syn. German Shorthorn) - Germany
Landim (var. Nguni) - cow - Mozambique
Lang (re. Tibetan) - China
Lang Son (var. Vietnamese) - Viet Nam
Lango (syn. Nkedi) - Uganda
Lanka (syn. Sinhala) - Sri Lanka
Länsisuomenkarja (syn. West Finncattle) - cow - Finland

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LAO, PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Australian Friesian Sahiwal (imported)
• Burmese banteng (syn. Tsine) - Cambodia/Laos
• Cambodian Wild Ox (syn. Kouprey) - Cambodia/Laos/Viet Nam
• Grey Cambodian Ox (syn. Kouprey) - Cambodia/Laos/Viet Nam
• Indo-Chinese Forest Ox (syn. Kouprey) - Cambodia/Laos/Viet Nam
• Kouprey - Cambodia/Laos/Thailand/Viet Nam
• Laotian - cow - Laos
• Ngoua (syn. Laotian) - Laos
• Tsine - bull - Cambodia/Laos
• Yellow Asian (syn. Laotian) - Laos

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Laotian - cow - Laos
Lapinlehmä (syn. Pohjoissuomenkarja) - Finland
Laramane (syn. Black and White) - Albania
Laramane e Zeze (syn. Laramane) - Albania
Lare e Kuge (syn. Simmental) - Albania

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Large East African Zebu (group)

Large East African Zebu cattle:
• Boran group
• Karamajong group
• North Sudan group
• South Sudan group

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Las Bela - Pakistan
Lateral-horned Zeb (re. Afrikaner) - South Africa
Latuka (var. Mongalla) - Sudan
Latuke (syn. Latuka) - Sudan

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LATVIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Aberdeen Angus (imported)
• Angler (syn. Angeln, imported)
• Ayrshire (imported)
• Charolais (imported)
• Danish Red (imported)
• Galloway (imported)
• Hereford (imported)
• Highland (imported)
• Holstein (imported)
• Jûras govs (syn. Latvijas zilâ) - Latvia
• Latvian Black Pied (extinct) - Latvia
• Latvian Blue (syn. Latvijas zilâ) - Latvia
• Latvian Brown (syn. Latvijas Brūnā) - Latvia
• Latvian Red Pied (extinct) - Latvia
• Latvian Red-Brown (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
• Latvijas Brūnā (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
• Latvijas Brūnā vecais tips (syn. Latvian Brown old type) - Latvia
• Latvijas zilâ (syn. Latvian Blue) - Latvia
• LB (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
• Limousin (imported)
• Red Holstein (imported)
• Simmental (imported)
• Swedish Red-and-White (imported)
• Swiss Brown (imported)

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Latvian Black Pied (extinct) - Latvia
Latvian Blue - Latvia
Latvian Brown - Latvia
Latvian Brown-and-White (syn. Latvian Red Pied, extinct) - Latvia
Latvian Red (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
Latvian Red Pied (extinct) - Latvia
Latvian Red-Brown (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
Latviı̆skaya krasno-pestraya (syn. Latvian Red Pied, extinct) - Latvia
Latvijas Brūnā (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
Latvijas Brūnā vecais tips (syn. Latvian Brown old type) - Latvia
Latvijas zilâ (syn. Latvian Blue) - Latvia
Lavanttal (syn. Carinthian Blond) - Austria
Lavinia - Brazil
LB (syn. Latvian Brown) - Latvia
Le Mans (syn. Mancelle, extinct) - France
Lebanese - heifer - Lebanon/Syria

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LEBANON - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Akshi - cow and calf - Jordan/Lebanon/Syria
• Baladi - cow - Egypt/Israel/Jordan/Lebanon/Syria
• Lebanese - heifer - Lebanon/Syria
• Lebanon Baladi (var. Egyptian) - Lebanon

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Lebaniega (extinct) - Spain
Lebanon Baladi (var. Egyptian) - Lebanon
Lebedin (syn. Lebedyn) - Ukraine
Lebedinska (syn. Lebedyn) - Ukraine
Lebedinskaya (syn. Lebedyn) - Ukraine
Lebedyn - Ukraine
Lechtal (extinct) - Austria
Legítimo (syn. Southern Crioulo, extinct) - Brazil
Leicestershire (obs. syn. Longhorn) - England
Leintaler (syn. Limpurger) - Germany
Leiqiong 雷琼牛 - bull, cow - China
Leizhou 雷州牛 - young bull - China
Leizind (not syn. Laisind)
Lembu Bali (syn. Bali cattle) - Australia/Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines
Lena-iri (var. Sinhala) - Sri Lanka
Leonesa (syn. Leonese) - Spain
Leonese - heifer - Spain
Lepcha (re. Tibetan) - China

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LESOTHO - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Afrikander (syn. Afrikaner, imported)
• Basotho - Lesotho
• Basuto - Lesotho
• Brahman (imported)
• Brown Swiss (imported)
• Drakensberger (imported)
• Hereford (imported)
• Holstein-Friesian (imported)
• Jersey (imported)

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Lesser Caucasus (re. Caucasian Brown) - Georgia
Levantina (syn. Murciana-Levantina) - Spain
Lhang (re. Tibetan) - China
Lhasa - China
Liangshan - China
Liaoyu White - China

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LIBERIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Liberian Dwarf - Liberia
• Liberian Dwarf Muturu (syn. Liberian Dwarf) - Liberia
• Muturu (syn. Liberian Dwarf) - Liberia
• N’Dama - cow - West Africa

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Liberian Dwarf - Liberia
Liberian Dwarf Muturu (syn. Liberian Dwarf) - Liberia

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LIBYA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Holstein-Friesian (imported)
• Jersey (imported)
• Libyan - cow - Libya
• Libyan Brown Atlas (syn. Libyan) - Libya
• Libyan Shorthorn (syn. Libyan) - Libya
• Mahalli (syn. Libyan) - Libya
• Santa Gertrudis (imported)

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Libyan - cow - Libya
Libyan Brown Atlas (syn. Libyan) - Libya
Libyan Shorthorn (syn. Libyan) - Libya
Lichtes Alpenvieh (obs. syn. Austrian Yellow) - Austria
Lichtes Höhenvieh (obs. syn. Austrian Yellow) - Austria
LID (syn. Local Indian Dairy) - Malaysia
Lidia - Mexico
Lidia (syn. Fighting bull) - bull (2) - Spain
Liébana (syn. Lebaniega, extinct) - Spain

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LIECHTENSTEIN - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• no cattle breeds listed

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Lietuvos baltnugariai (syn. Lithuanian White Back) - Lithuania
Lietuvos šemieji (syn. Lithuanian Light Grey) - Lithuania
Lietuvos zalieji (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
Lietuvos žalųjų (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
Light Alpine (syn. Austrian Yellow) - Austria
Light Mountain (syn. Austrian Yellow) - Austria
Lilu - China
Lim (var. Buša) - Serbia
Limangus - Argentina
Limburg (syn. Lahn, extinct) - Germany
Limiá (syn. Limiana) - Spain
Limiana (syn. Limiá) - heifer - Spain
Limonero (syn. Rio Limón Dairy Criollo) - bull - Venezuela
Limousin - bull - France
Limousin (syn. American Limousin) - bull - Canada//USA
Limousine (syn. Limousin) - France
Limousine (syn. Limousin) - cow - Portugal
Limpurger - young bull - Germany
Limun (extinct) - Belgium
Limuzin (syn. Limousin) - Azerbaijan
Lincoln (syn. Lincoln Red) - Falkland Islands
Lincoln Red - cow - England
Lincoln Red (Original) - England
Lincolnshire Beef Poll (obs. syn. Polled Lincoln Red) - England
Lineback (re. Lineback Cattle) - USA
Lineback Cattle - cow - USA
Ling (not syn. Luing)
Lingnan (re. Bashan) - China
Liping - China
Lisasto (syn. Simmental) - Slovenia
Lisasto govedo (syn. Simmental) - Slovenia
Lišna Red (extinct) - Czechia

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LITHUANIA - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Angler (syn. Angeln, imported)
• Angus (imported)
• Aubrac (imported)
• Ayrshire (imported)
• British Friesian (imported)
• Brown Swiss (imported)
• Charolais (imported)
• Danish Black and White (syn. Danish Black Pied, imported)
• Danish Red (imported)
• Dutch Black and White (syn. Dutch Black Pied (HF), imported)
• Galloway (imported)
• German black and white (syn. German Holstein, imported)
• German red and white (syn. German Red Pied Holstein, imported)
• Hereford (imported)
• Highland (imported)
• Holstein (imported)
• Lietuvos juodmargiai (syn. Lithuanian Black Pied) - Lithuania
• Lietuvos šemieji (syn. Lithuanian Light Grey) - Lithuania
• Lietuvos zalieji (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
• Lietuvos žalųjų (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
• Limousin (imported)
• Lithuanian Black and White (syn. Lithuanian Black Pied) - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Black and White old genotype - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Black Pied - cow - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Light Grey - heifer - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Red - cow - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Red (LR) (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
• Lithuanian Red old genotype - Lithuania
• Lithuanian White Back - Lithuania
• Red and White Holstein (syn. Red Holstein, imported)
• Simmental (imported)
• Swedish black and white (syn. Swedish Holstein, imported)
• Swedish Red-and-White (imported)
• Whitebacked Cattle (syn. Lithuanian White Back) - Lithuania

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Lithuanian Black and White (syn. Lithuanian Black Pied) - Lithuania
Lithuanian Black and White old genotype - Lithuania
Lithuanian Black Pied - cow - Lithuania
Lithuanian Light Grey - heifer - Lithuania
Lithuanian Red - cow - Lithuania
Lithuanian Red (LR) (syn. Lithuanian Red) - Lithuania
Lithuanian Red old genotype - Lithuania
Lithuanian White Back - Lithuania
Llanero - cow - Venezuela
Llanero (syn. Casanareño) - Colombia
Llanos Criollo (syn. Casanareño) - Colombia
LM (syn. Latvian Black Pied) - Latvia
Lobi - cow - Burkina Faso
Lobi-Gouin (syn. Lobi) - Burkina Faso
Local - Palestine
Local Estonian (syn. Estonian Native) - Estonia
Local Indian Dairy - bull calf - Malaysia
Logone - Chad
Lohani - cow - Pakistan
Lola (syn. Sahiwal) - Pakistan
Longhorn - cow - England
Longhorn (syn. Texas Longhorn) - USA
Longlin 隆林牛 (re. Panjiang) - cow and calf - China
Lopa e Lekbibajt (syn. Busha) - Albania
Lopa Gurgucka (syn. Busha) - Albania
Lord Caernarvon’s breed (extinct) - England
Loriı̆ (extinct) - Armenia
Lorquina (former var. Murciana-Levantina, extinct) - Spain
Lourdais - cow - France
Lourdaise (syn. Lourdais) - France
Low-humped (syn. Huanghuai) - China
Lower Guadiana Spotted (re. Guadiana Spotted) - Portugal
Lower Rhine (syn. Rhineland, extinct) - Germany

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Lowland (group) - Germany

Lowland cattle of Germany:
• Angeln - cow - Germany
• German Black Pied Lowland - cow - Germany
• German Red Pied - cow (2) - Germany
• German Shorthorn - young bull - Germany

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Lowland Khmer - Cambodia
Lowland Red and White Cattle (syn. Polska czerwono-biała (ZR)) - Poland
Lowland Red Pied (re. French Red Pied Lowland) - France

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Lowland Zebu (group) - Ethiopia

Lowland Zebu cattle of Ethiopia:
• Jijiga - cow - Ethiopia
• Ogaden Zebu - Ethiopia

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Lowland Zebu (syn. Coastal Zebu) - Kenya
Lowland Zebu (syn. Ogaden Zebu) - Ethiopia
Lowlands Black Pied (obs. syn. Dutch Black Pied) - Netherlands
Lowline - Australia
Lozi (syn. Barotse) - Angola/Zambia
LR (syn. Latvian Red Pied) - Latvia
LSK (syn. Länsisuomenkarja) - Finland
Lucanian (former var. Apulian Podolian, extinct) - Italy
Lucerna - cow - Colombia
Lugware - bull - DR Congo/Uganda
Luhyia (syn. Winam) - Kenya
Luing - cow - Scotland
Lulu - Nepal
Luo (syn. Winam) - Kenya
Luso-Holandese (syn. Turino) - Brazil/Portugal

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LUXEMBOURG - cattle breeds
(cow, bull, heifer, heifer calf, bull calf, ox, steer):
• Angus (imported)
• Aubrac (imported)
• Blanc bleu (syn. Belgian Blue, imported)
• Blonde d’Aquitaine (imported)
• Braunvieh (imported)
• Charolais (imported)
• Fleckvieh (syn. Simmental, imported)
• Highland (imported)
• Holstein (imported)
• Holstein-Friesian (imported)
• Jersey (imported)
• Limousin (imported)
• Luxembourg Black Pied - Luxembourg
• Montbéliarde (imported)
• Murray Grey (imported)
• Normande (imported)
• Pie-noire de Luxembourg (syn. Luxembourg Black Pied) - Luxembourg
• Pie-Rouge de l’Oesling - Luxembourg
• Red Holstein (imported)
• Wagyu (imported)
• Welsh Black (imported)

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Luxembourg Black Pied - Luxembourg
Luxi 隆林牛 - cow - China
Lynch Lineback - Canada
Lyngdal (extinct) - Norway

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Lyrehorned (group) - India/Pakistan

Lyrehorned cattle:
• Kankrej - cow - India
• Kenkatha - India
• Kherigarh - India
• Malvi - bull - India
• Ponwar - India
• Tarai - Nepal
• Thari - ox - Pakistan
• Tharparkar - young bull - India

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Lyrehorned zebu (group) - West Africa

Lyrehorned zebu cattle:
• Gobra - cow - Mauritania/Senegal
• Sudanese Fulani - cow - Burkina Faso/Mali
• White Fulani - bull - Cameroon/Nigeria

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