Breeds in Nigeria

Species Group Breed Synonymssort descending
Cattle Recently Derived Breeds Biu
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Balami
Chickens Variety/Ecotype Nigerian Indigenous chickens
Cattle West African Zebu Ngaundere Adamawa Fulani, Cameroon Fulani, Bamenda.
Cattle Commercial Composites Banyo Adamawa Gudali
Cattle West African Zebu Shuwa Arab Shuwa, Arab Choa, Wadera
Cattle Humpless Longhorns Kuri Baharie, Bare, Borrie, Boundouma, Dongole, Kouburi, Buduma, White Lake Chad, Boenca, Boyenca
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Uda Bali-Bali, Bouli, Peul, Balami, Yankasa Bororo (western Sudan), Fellata (western Sudan)
Cattle Humpless Longhorns N'Dama Boenca, Boyenca, Fouta Jallon, Fout, Malinke, Mandingo, N'Dama Petite, Fouta Malinke, Futa, N'Dama Peti, Gambian Longhorn
Cattle West African Zebu Sokoto Bokoloji, Godali, Sokoto
Cattle Recently Derived Breeds Borgou Borgu, Borgawa; Bobori
Cattle Recently Derived Breeds Keteku Borgu, Kaiama, Ketaku, Ketari, Kettije.
Cattle West African Zebu White Fulani Bunaji, Yakanaji, Akou, White Bororo, Fellata, White Kano
Cattle Humpless Shorthorns Nigerian Forest Muturu Kirdi
Cattle West African Zebu Red Fulani M'Bororo, Red Bororo, Wodabe, Fellata, Abori, Bodadi, Brahaza, Rahaji
Cattle Humpless Shorthorns Nigerian Savanna Muturu Muturu (a Hausa term meaning 'humpless')
Cattle West African Zebu Djali Nigerian Fulani, Djeli, Jali, Jeli, Diali, Jalli
Pigs Unidentified Pig Nigerian Native Nigerian indigenous
Goats Short-eared Twisted horn Red Sokoto Red Sokoto (Red Skin, Sokoto Red), Kano Brown (Kyasuwa), Katsina Light Brown, Mambilla, Bornu White (Buduma (Chad), Damagaran dapple-grey; Maradi in Niger
Goats Short-eared Twisted horn Sahelian Sahel, West African Long-legged, Desert, Sudan, Fulani (Peul, Peulh), Voltaique, Maure, Touareg, Arabian, Makatia (Algeria).
Cattle West African Zebu Yola Tattabereji
Cattle West African Zebu Azaouak Tuareg (in Burkina Faso), Adar, Shanun Adar (in Hausa), Tagana, Azawa, Azawal, Azawaje (in Fulani), Arab (in Niger), Azawak and AzaouakDamerghou
Goats Short-eared Small-horned Djallonke West African Dwarf, African Pygmy, African Dwarf, Chevre de Fouta Djallon, Guinean, Guinean Dwarf, Chevre guineene; Cameroon Dwarf, Ghana Dwarf, Ghana Forest, Forest Dwarf, Nigerian Dwarf, Grassland Dwarf, Congo Dwarf; Chevre Naine, Chevre de Casamance,
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Djallonke West African Dwarf, Forest, Guinea, Ghana Dwarf, Nigerian Dwarf, Cameroon Dwarf, West African Maned, Mosi, Blackbelly (Cameroon Dwarf), Mayo-Kebbi, Kirdi (southern Chad).
Sheep Thin-tailed Hair sheep Yankasa White Fulani,Y'ankasa, Hausa