Afrikaner cattle

Afrikaner
a long-horned red cow grazing
A cow in Transkei
Other names
  • Africander[1]: 628 
  • Afrikander[2]: 101 
Country of originSouth Africa
Distributionnine African countries[3]
Usebeef
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • average 745–955 kg
    • to over 1100 kg
  • Female:
    • average 525–640 kg
    • to over 800 kg
Height
  • Male:
    average 143 cm
  • Female:
    average 115 cm
Coatusually dark red; light red and yellow also seen
Horn status
  • long lateral horns
  • polled variant
An Afrikander ox train in the Orange Free State

The Afrikaner or Africander is an African breed of taurine-indicine cattle in the Sanga group of African cattle.[4][5] It is derived from the cattle of the Khoikhoi (Hottentot) people which were already present in the area of modern South Africa when the Dutch East India Company established the Cape Colony in 1652.[2]: 101 

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  5. ^ "History". The Afrikaner Cattle Breeders' Society of South Africa. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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