Mocho Nacional is a beef cattle breed created in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

during the 20th century. It is polled; ''Mocho Nacional'' means "national polled" in Portuguese. Like the Caracu, it is a

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an-origin breed, not

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. In Brazil, this breed represents less than 2% of beef cattle. Even with low popularity, it is one of the sources of the Tabapuan, another polled beef cattle breed of Brazil.

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