Thutho cattle are indigenous to Nagaland, and are medium in size, hardy, well-built and docile. Body colour is predominantly black. Bulls are darker in colour. Around 40% animals have white spots on the face. Some of the animals have white spots on legs and under body too. Fore-head is small and straight. Horns are short and stumpy.Ears are moderate in length and horizontal in orientation. Hump is small to medium in size and dewlap is medium in cows and large in bulls. Tail is up to the hock mainly with black switch. Udder is small. Backline is uneven, slopes behind the small hump, rises to peak between hipbones and then drops sharply to the tail head. Used for draught, manure and meat purposes. Milk yield is less (0.5-1.5 kg/day). Population size is approximately 53,000.