![]() Bull, illustration from 1860 | |
Conservation status | Extinct |
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Country of origin | Channel Islands |
Distribution | British Isles |
Use | Dairy |
Traits | |
Coat | Dun, fawn, light red or yellow, with or without patches of white |
Horn status | Short |
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The Alderney is an extinct breed of dairy cattle. It originated in, and is named for, the island of Alderney in the Channel Islands.[1]: 103 [2]: 139 It was one of three breeds of Channel Island cattle, the others being the Jersey and the Guernsey. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries "Alderney" was a general term for cattle from the archipelago; many were exported to mainland Britain under this name, regardless of which of the islands they came from.
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