Home›Livestock›All LivestockBrowse ByAll LivestockReference and ClassificationDevelopingDomesticated animals held as farmed subjects: the major livestock species and the named breeds bred from them, each carried with scientific name, domestication region and era, and primary uses. The tree under this category follows the FAO and DAD-IS livestock species classes (cattle, buffalo and yak, sheep, goats, pigs, equines, poultry, camelids, rabbits, and the minor species such as silkworms, honey bees and farmed carp), read against this atlas own live livestock list. A named breed (Angus Cattle, Merino, Duroc Pig) is grouped under its base species rather than given its own top-level category, since a breed is a variant within a species tree, not a separate species. Does not belong here: the wild ancestor species studied as wildlife, which is Nature own subject, or the animal as meat, dairy or another finished food, which is Food own subject.FactsAll LivestockSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonLead International Standard-Setting BodyWell-attestedFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1All LivestockFilter Results337 entriesPrimary UsesAllCrop pollination, honey, beeswax (1)Dairy (milk production) (1)Dairy goat, raised primarily for milk (1)Dual purpose: raised for both wool and meat (1)Eggs, meat (1)exhibition, companionship, egg incubation, food (1)Fiber production (fleece for textiles) (1)meat (beef) (1)Meat production and draft use for plowing (1)Meat, eggs, down feathers, companionship, property guarding (1)Meat, lard, leather (1)Milk production (2)Milk, meat, draft power, leather, dung fuel and fertilizer (1)Multi-purpose: milk, meat, pelts and wool (1)Pack animal, meat, fiber for textiles, livestock guardian (1)Pack animal, milk and meat production (1)Paddy draft power, milk, meat, hides (1)Raised for meat, exhibition, or as a general purpose duck (1)Raised for pork (1)Riding, racing and transport (1)Silk production (sericulture) (1)Wool, meat, milk (1)Era (Domesticated When)All1885 (1)before the 13th century (1)between 11,000 and 9,000 BC (3)circa 10,000 years ago (1)circa 10,500 years ago (1)circa 11,400 years ago (3)circa 1500 BC by recent estimates, earlier dates debated (1)circa 2000 BC (1)circa 2000 BC, debated (1)circa 3000 BC or earlier, river and swamp types separately (1)circa 3500 BC (1)Circa 4000 to 3000 BC (1)circa 5000 to 3000 BC, debated (1)circa 800 BC to 100 AD, debated (1)circa 8500 BC from the aurochs (1)circa 8500 BC from the bezoar ibex (1)circa 9000 to 8500 BC from the mouflon (1)hive beekeeping attested in Egypt by circa 2600 BC (1)Part OfAllAlpaca (2)Cattle (24)Chicken (8)Dromedary Camel (2)Duck (10)Goat (16)Horse (17)Pig (14)Rabbit (6)Sheep (20)Silkworm (1)Turkey (1)Water Buffalo (13)Breed Risk StatusAllCritical (12)Critical-Maintained (1)Endangered (34)Not at Risk (60)Vulnerable (24)Domestication RegionAllAfrica (4)Anatolia (3)Argentina (1)Asia (3)Australia (2)Australia (3)Austria (2)Barbados (1)Belgium (4)Brazil (2)Central Asia (2)China (7)Croatia (1)Denmark (1)East Africa (1)East Asia (5)England (9)Europe (4)Finland (1)France (19)Germany (7)Greece (1)Guernsey (1)Guinea (1)Gujarat (2)Habsburg monarchy (1)Hungary (1)Iceland (2)India (25)Indonesia (3)Iran (2)Iraq (1)Ireland (3)Israel (1)Italy (8)Japan (2)Jersey (1)Jordan (1)Kazakhstan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (4)Mexico (2)Mongolia (2)Netherlands (7)New England (1)New Zealand (3)North Africa (1)North America (4)Northeast India (1)Northern Europe (1)Norway (1)Pakistan (16)Peru (2)Philippines (1)Portugal (1)Puerto Rico (1)Punjab (3)Romania (3)Russia (1)Scotland (2)Siberia (1)South Africa (3)South America (1)South Asia (3)Southeast Asia (2)Southern Africa (1)Spain (4)Switzerland (5)Syria (1)Tajikistan (1)Tennessee (1)Thailand (1)The Andes (4)The Arabian Peninsula (1)The Basque Country (1)The Iberian Peninsula (2)The Levant (3)The Mediterranean (1)The Middle East (6)Trinidad and Tobago (1)Turkey (3)Turkmenistan (1)United Kingdom (48)United States (43)Uruguay (1)West Africa (1)Zimbabwe (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 100African GoosePoultryAkhal-TekeHorses and Other EquinesAlpacaCamelidsAlpine GoatGoatsAmeraucanaPoultryAmerican MinkMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesAmerican Paint HorseHorses and Other EquinesAmerican Quarter HorseHorses and Other EquinesAmrit Mahal CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsAnafi CamelCamelidsAncona ChickenPoultryAndalusian ChickenPoultryAndalusian HorseHorses and Other EquinesAngeln SaddlebackPigsAngora GoatGoatsAngora RabbitRabbitsAngus CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsAnkole-WatusiCattle and Cattle BreedsAppaloosaHorses and Other EquinesArabian HorseHorses and Other EquinesAssaf SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsAtlantic SalmonMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesAubrac CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsAustralorpPoultryAwassiSheep and Sheep BreedsAylesbury DuckPoultryAyrshire CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsBactrian CamelCamelidsBagot GoatGoatsBagri CamelCamelidsBali CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsBanni BuffaloBuffalo and YakBarbados Blackbelly SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsBarbari GoatGoatsBazna PigPigsBeetalGoatsBelgian BlueCattle and Cattle BreedsBelgian Draft HorseHorses and Other EquinesBelgian HareRabbitsBelted GallowayCattle and Cattle BreedsBerkshire PigPigsBhadawari BuffaloBuffalo and YakBikaneri CamelCamelidsBlack Bengal GoatGoatsBlonde d'Aquitaine CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsBoer GoatGoatsBoran CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsBorder LeicesterSheep and Sheep BreedsBourbon Red TurkeyPoultryBrahma ChickenPoultryBrahman (cattle)Cattle and Cattle BreedsBrangusCattle and Cattle BreedsBritish Alpine GoatGoatsBritish Lop PigPigsBritish SaddlebackPigsBroad Breasted White TurkeyPoultryBrown Swiss CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsBuckeye ChickenPoultryBuffalypsoBuffalo and YakBullCattle and Cattle BreedsCalifornian RabbitRabbitsCall DuckPoultryCamaCamelidsCamargue HorseHorses and Other EquinesCampine ChickenPoultryCarabaoBuffalo and YakCashmere GoatGoatsCattleCattle and Cattle BreedsCayuga DuckPoultryChangthangi GoatGoatsChannel CatfishMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesCharolais CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsCheckered Giant RabbitRabbitsChester WhitePigsCheviot SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsChianina CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsChickenPoultryChinchillaMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesChios SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsChoctaw HogPigsCholistani CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsCholistani SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsClun Forest SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsClydesdale HorseHorses and Other EquinesCochin ChickenPoultryCommon CarpMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesCommon PheasantMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesConnemara PonyHorses and Other EquinesCornish ChickenPoultryCorriedaleSheep and Sheep BreedsDaira Din Panah GoatGoatsDajal CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsDamani SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsDamascus GoatGoatsDelaware ChickenPoultryDeoni CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsDevon CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsDexter CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsDhanni CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsDomestic PigeonPoultry1234Next →Sources1. 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