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Location:

Farm - Red Barn

Miniature Zebu

  • Mrs. Flakes (Coco) (F) 1/1/2006 

  • Frosty (F) 3/14/2009

Identifying Features:

  • Mrs. Flakes - grey 

  • Frosty - grey

History:

Mr. Flakes, aka Sid, passed away March 2025 at age 21.5. He had come to the zoo in 2004 as a one-year-old.

More Information:

  • Sometimes known as humped cattle or Brahman

  • Type of domestic cattle originating in South Asia

  • Characterized by a fatty hump on their shoulders, drooping ears and a large dewlap

  • Well adapted to withstanding high temperatures, and are farmed throughout the tropical countries, both as pure zebu and as hybrids with taurine cattle, the other main type of domestic cattle. 

  • Measured at the withers, behind the hump, miniature zebus should not exceed 42" at three years of age. 

  • Mature cows should be 300 to 500 pounds; mature bulls from 400 to 600 pounds.

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