Tabapuan is a Brazilian type of polled beef cattle whose breed is a mixture of Zebu and Mocho Nacional.
The name comes from the Brazilian city called Tabapuã, where many bulls of this race were initially found decades ago.
[1] The breed is of great economic importance in meat production in Brazil and it is also relevant cattle for its impressive ability to adapt to different environmental conditions.
Tabapuã cattle are distributed throughout Brazil and are exported to Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and other countries.
[citation needed] A high level of inbreeding in this breed is decreasing their genetic gains.