Livestock breeds: numbers and status

Colour represents the number of mammal breeds in each country. Recording of breeds is incomplete globally. Pie charts represent the proportion of all mammal breeds associated with each FAO region (green line) assessed as threatened (grey) or extinct (black).
Source: charts calculated from FAO World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity (3nd edition, 2000); country data derived from FAO Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) database, accessible at http://www.fao.org/dad-is/ (February 2002).