Tudanca cattle

The Tudanca is a traditional Spanish breed of cattle indigenous to the autonomous community of Cantabria, in northern Spain. It takes its name from the village of Tudanca in the comarca of Saja-Nansa in western Cantabria. In the past it was a triple-purpose breed, reared for meat and milk but particularly for draught work, and was much used for transport of goods to and from the ports of the Cantabrian coast. It is now reared for meat, but is still used in traditional sport of arrastre de piedra ('stone-dragging'). Despite its geographic proximity, it is not closely related to the other cattle breed of Cantabria, the Pasiega.