The Armoricaine or Armorican is an endangered French breed of domestic cattle.
The Armoricaine was created in the nineteenth century by cross-breeding animals of the local Froment du Léon and the now-extinct Pie Rouge de Carhaix breeds with imported Durham (now known as Shorthorn) stock from the United Kingdom.
[6] The Armoricaine was used, with Meuse-Rhine-Issel and Rotbunt stock, in the creation of the Pie Rouge des Plaines dairy breed of cattle in the 1960s.
Following the discovery of a reserve of frozen semen in the 1980s, a programme of recovery was launched.
[3] The young grow quickly, and mature animals fatten fast.