It was bred in the early part of the twentieth century by crossing of local Criollo cows with imported Brown Swiss bulls.
Breeding of the Tipo Carora began in the 1930s in the Venezuelan state of Lara, in western central Venezuela.
Brown Swiss bulls from Europe and North America were used to live cover cows of the Amarillo de Quebrada Arriba, a local breed of Criollo cattle which was well adapted to the tropical conditions of the area, until about 85% of the genotype of the resulting stock derived from the Brown Swiss.
[5]: 150 In 1992, the breed was denominated a "Patrimonio Nacional" or national heritage; a programme of genetic improvement was begun, and a herd-book was established.
Selection for this characteristic in the Carora is intentional: bulls found – through observation of their male progeny – not to be homozygous for it are killed.