The Piedmontese
breed, from (
logically enough) the
Piedmont region in
Italy's
Alps, are thought to actually have descended from
Aurochs (the
cow's original
ancestor) and
Zebu (an
ancient Pakistani strain) about 20,000 years ago.
They remain Italy's most popular beef breed, and are also fairly popular in other nations, where there climate-adaptibility serves them well.
This node is part of Tem42's list of cattle breeds, entitled, simply, cattle.