Breeds in Mauritania

Speciessort descending Group Breed Synonyms
Buffalo Unidentified Buffalo Albania Buffaloes
Cattle North African Humpless Shorthorns Brown Atlas Brune de l' Atlas (Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia); Beldi; Blonde des Plateux; d'Oulmes et des Zaers;Oulmes Blond, Oulmes, Blond Moroccan, Blond Zaers, Moroccan Blond (Morocco); Libyan Brown Atlas, Libyan Shorthorn, Mahalli (Libya).
Cattle West African Zebu Maure Arab, Mauritanian, Moor, Moorish
Cattle West African Zebu Gobra Senegalese Fulani, Senegal Zebu
Chickens Variety/Ecotype Mauritanian Local Chicken
Goats Short-eared Twisted horn Sahelian Sahel, West African Long-legged, Desert, Sudan, Fulani (Peul, Peulh), Voltaique, Maure, Touareg, Arabian, Makatia (Algeria).
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Touabire Landoum, White Maure, White Arab, short hair Maure.
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Maure, Black Maure Moor, Mauritania, Arab