Dexter cattle

Dexter
a horned black cow in field with others
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 144 
  • DAD-IS (2022, Ireland): at risk/critical[2]
  • DAD-IS (2022, transboundary): not at risk[3]
  • RBST (2023): native breeds[4]
Country of originIreland
Distributionworld-wide
Usedual-purpose, meat and milk
Traits
Weight
  • Female:
    average 325 kg (700 lb)[2]
Height
  • Male:
    102–112 cm (40–44 in)[5]: 169 
  • Female:
    97–107 cm (38–42 in)[5]: 169 
Coatusually black, also red or dun
Horn statususually horned, sometimes polled
A chondrodysplastic-dwarf cow

The Dexter is an Irish breed of small cattle.[6] It originated in the eighteenth century in County Kerry, in south-western Ireland, and appears to be named after a man named Dexter, who was factor of the estates of Lord Hawarden on Valentia Island. Until the second half of the nineteenth century it was considered a type within the Kerry breed.[5]: 168 

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  6. ^ "American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Priority Watch List". Retrieved 14 September 2008.