• Irish Longhorn

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Conservation Status

Extinct

Place of Breeding

Ireland

Synonym

formerly, a synonym of Longhorn

Extinction Reason

Replaced by the modern short-horn

References

FAO. (1997). 2.2. RAZAS DESAPARECIDAS. Lista Mundial de Vigilancia para la Diversidad de los Animales Domésticos. (2a ÉDICIÓN). https://www.fao.org/4/V8300S/v8300s0s.htm (in French)

Flynn, P. (2009, October). (thesis). Characterisation of rare Irish cattle breeds by comparative molecular studies using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers. Retrieved from https://www.dextercattleamericanlegacy.info/images/Final_Thesis_Write_Up_ALL_A4.pdf.

Goodrich, S. G. (1859). Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom: Being a systematic and popular description of the habits, structure, and classification of animals from the highest to the lowest forms, with their relations to agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and the Arts. New York, NY: Derby & Jackson.

LUFF, B. (2004, August). GUERNSEY BREED HISTORY. THE WORLD GUERNSEY CATTLE FEDERATION. http://www.worldguernseys.org/history.html

Magne, J. H., Beveridge, H., & Haxton, J. (1853). How to Choose a Good Milk Cow; Or, A Description of All the Marks by which the Milking Qualities of Cows May be Ascertained. Glasgow, UK: Blackie & Son.

Stanley, P. (1995). Robert Bakewell and the Longhorn breed of cattle. Ipswich, UK: Farming Press.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, September 22). Guernsey cattle. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_cattle