岭南地区历史上的牛有多少种？它来源于何处？牛的发展情况怎样？这些问题学术界鲜有研究。本文从考古学的角度，并结合文献史料，就牛的发现、分布、种类、来源、牛耕等问题，全面考察了岭南地区古代耕牛的发展情况，对研究岭南地区古代畜牧史、农业史、经济史有重要的意义 How many kinds of cattle in the history of Lingnan? Where does it come from? How is the development of cattle? There are few academic researches on these issues. This paper comprehensively examines the development of ancient cattle in the Lingnan area from the perspective of archeology, combined with the historical data of the literature, on the discovery, distribution, types, sources and cattle farming of the cattle. Economic history has important significance