Terreña

Terreña
Terreña cow near Zumaia, in Gipuzkoa
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered
Other namesBasque: Behi terreña
Country of originSpain
Distribution
StandardConsejero de Agricultura y Pesca (in Basque and Spanish)
Use
  • formerly: triple-purpose, meat, milk and draught
  • now: meat
  • also: idi probak (arrastre de piedra)
Traits
Skin colourblack
Coatbrown
Horn statushorned
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The Terreña, Basque: Behi terreña, is an endangered Spanish breed of mountain cattle indigenous to the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain. It is distributed mostly in the provinces of Álava and Bizkaia, with some localised populations in Gipuzkoa.

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