Maine-Anjou originated in the northwestern part of France. The Maine-Anjou name comes from the Maine and Anjou river valleys.

The Marchigiana hair coat is white. Calves are fawn or wheat colored at birth and will turn white at 3 to 4 months. They have pronounced black skin pigmentation. The tongue, muzzle, and orifices are black. The switch of the tail and area around the eyes has dark, almost black, hair.

Miniature cattle are cattle of any breed that are tiny.

The Murray Grey breed was evolved in the upper Murray River region in southern New South Wales, Australia in the early part of this century. The first gray cattle resulted from the mating of an Angus bull and a roan Shorthorn cow.