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 37Suffolk PunchHorses and Other EquinesSuffolk SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsSumatra ChickenPoultrySuri AlpacaCamelidsSurti BuffaloBuffalo and YakSussex ChickenPoultrySwabian-Hall PigPigsSwaledale SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsTaihu PigPigsTamworth PigPigsTennessee Walking HorseHorses and Other EquinesTexas LonghornCattle and Cattle BreedsTexel SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsTharparkar CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsThoroughbredHorses and Other EquinesToggenburg GoatGoatsToulouse GoosePoultryTrakehner HorseHorses and Other EquinesTunis SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsTurkeyPoultryTuropolje PigPigsValais BlacknoseSheep and Sheep BreedsVechur CattleCattle and Cattle BreedsVietnamese Potbellied PigPigsWagyuCattle and Cattle BreedsWater BuffaloBuffalo and YakWelsh Harlequin DuckPoultryWelsh PigPigsWelsh PonyHorses and Other EquinesWest African Dwarf GoatGoatsWestern Honey BeeMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesWhiteleg ShrimpMinor and Specialty Livestock SpeciesWiltshire Horn SheepSheep and Sheep BreedsWyandotte ChickenPoultryYakBuffalo and YakYorkshire PigPigsZebuCattle and Cattle Breeds← Previous1234Sources1. 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