List of French cattle breeds

This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French. The list includes breeds from the overseas territories of France.

Indigenous breeds
Local name(s)English name, if usedNotesImage
Abondance[1][2]
Alpha 16[2]
Armoricaine[1][2]Armorican
Aubrac[1][2]
Bazadaise[1][2]
Béarnaise[1][2]
Betizu[1][2]
Bleue de Bazougers[1][2]
Bleue du Nord[1][2]
Blonde d'Aquitaine[1][2]
Bordelais (extinct)[2]
Bordelaise[1][2]
Bretonne Pie Noir[1][2]
Brune [1][2]French Brown
Casta or Aure et Saint-Girons[1][2]
Charolaise[1][2]Charolais
Corse[1][2]
Créole Guadeloupe[1][2]
Créole Martinique[1][2]
Ferrandaise[1][2]
Flamande Originelle[1][2]
Froment du Léon[1][2]
Gasconne[1][2]
Inra 95[1][2]
Limousine[1][2]Limousin
Lourdaise[1][2]
Maraîchine[1][2]
Marine Landaise[1][2]
Maine-Anjou – see Rouge des Prés
Mirandaise[1][2]
Montbéliarde[1][2]
Nantaise[1][2]
Normande[1][2]
Parthenaise[1][2]
Pie Rouge des Plaines[1][2]
Raço di Biou[1][2]Camargue
Rouge des Prés[1][2] or Maine-Anjou
Rouge des Prés Lait[1]
Rouge Flamande[1][2]
Salers[1][2]
Salers Lait[1][2]
Saônoise[1][2]
Tarentaise[1][2]
Villard De Lans[1][2]
Vosgienne[1][2]

Imported breeds
  • Aurochs reconstitué[1][2]
  • Blanc-Bleu or Belgian Blue[1][2]
  • Brahman[1][2]
  • Canadienne[1][2]
  • De Combat[1][2]
  • Hereford[1][2]
  • Hérens[1][2]
  • Jersiaise or Jersey[1][2]
  • Prim' Holstein or Holstein[1][2]
  • Simmental Française or Pie Rouge de l'Est[1][2]
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References
  1. Interrogation de la base bovine (in French). Paris: Bureau des Ressources Génétiques. Accessed May 2015.
  2. Breeds reported by France: Cattle Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2015.
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