Beefalo

Beefalo are a fertile variety of Cattalo. Cattalo (or catalo), as defined by United States law, are the hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American Bison, Bison bison (generally called buffalo).

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Cattle and buffalo were first crossbred during the mid 1800s. Charles Goodnight, was one of the first to succeed and called his hybrid cattalo. After seeing thousands of cattle die in a Kansas blizzard in 1886, Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones also worked to cross buffalo and cattle with the hope that they would survive the harsh winters. http://www.kshs.org/portraits/jones_charles.htm He called the result "cattalo" in 1888. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/jf05/indepth/economy.asp. Mossom Boyd of Bobcaygeon, Ontario first started the practice in Canada.

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Cattle: Cattle (called simply cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). In some count...