Japanese Polled
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The Japanese Polled (Japanese: 無角和種, Mukaku Washu) is a critically-endangered breed of small Japanese beef cattle. It is one of six native Japanese cattle breeds,[2] and one of the four Japanese breeds known as wagyu, the others being the Japanese Black, the Japanese Brown and the Japanese Shorthorn.[3]: 420 All wagyu cattle derive from cross-breeding in the early twentieth century of native Japanese cattle with imported stock, mostly from Europe.[4]: 5 In the case of the Japanese Polled, the principal foreign influence was from the Scottish Angus breed.[1]
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Conservation status | FAO (2007): critical |
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Country of origin | Japan |
Distribution | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
Use | meat |
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Coat | black[1] |
Horn status | hornless in both sexes |
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