Rare and Minority Breeds

of Farm Livestock in New Zealand

Breeds marked with a star () have been accorded priority conservation rating (see Priority Listing).
The letters NZ after a breed name indicate that the breed originated in New Zealand; an X means extinct.

CAMELIDS

Alpaca
Alpaca – Suri
Guanaco
Llama

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CATTLE

Aberdeen-Angus 
American Bison
Australian Lowline
British White
Campbell Island XNZ
Devon
Dexter
Dutch Belted
Enderby Island NZ
Galloway – Belted 
Galloway–Standard
Galloway – White
Highland
Hinterwald
Lakenvelder
Lincoln Red
Longhorn (English)
Luing
Meuse Rhine Issel
Milking Shorthorn
Nadudana Zebu
Piedmontese
Pinzgauer
Pustertaler
Red Poll
Sussex
Texas Longhorn
Water Buffalo
Yak

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DEER

Wapiti/Elk
White Red Deer

DONKEYS

Australian Teamster
English/Irish
Mammoth
Miniature Mediterranean
Ponui NZ

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GOATS

Alpine/British Alpine
Arapawa NZ
Auckland Island XNZ
Boer
Kiko NZ
Nubian/Anglo-Nubian
Saanen
Sable
Toggenburg
Waipu NZ

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HORSES

Caspian
Clydesdale
Friesian 
GypsyCob/Vanner
Hackney
Haflinger
Highland Pony
Icelandic
Kaimanawa NZ
Miniature
Norwegian Fjord
Percheron
Shetland
Shire
Spanish
Suffolk Punch
Timor Ponies
Welsh Cob

PIGS

Arapawa NZ
Auckland Island NZ
Berkshire
Canterbury Blue
Euro
Kunekune NZ
Large Black
Tamworth
Wessex Saddleback

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POULTRY

Ducks
Chooks (Fowls)
Geese
Guinea Fowl
Pheasants
Turkeys

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RABBITS

Californian
Enderby IslandNZ
Flemish Giant
German Angora
Rex
Silver Fox

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RODENTS

Chinchilla
Kiore

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For a useful discussion on breed definitions, see Types of Breeds.

SHEEP

Sheep Numbers
Arapawa NZ
Awassi
Babydoll (Southdown)
Campbell Island NZ
Chatham Island NZ
Cheviot
Clarence Reserve NZ
Damara
Diggers Hill NZ
Dohne
Dorper
Dorset Horn
East Friesian
Finnsheep
Gotland Pelt
Hampshire
Herbert NZ
Hokonui NZ
Karakul
Leicester, English 
Lincoln
Mohaka NZ
OmahakiNZ
Pitt Island NZ
Oxford
Polled Wiltshire
Raglan NZ
Ryeland
Shropshire
South Dorset
Southdown
Stewart Island NZ
Tukidale XNZ
Valais Blacknose
White Headed Marsh
Wiltshire Horn
Woodstock NZ

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