List of Spanish cattle breeds

This is a list of the cattle breeds usually considered to have originated in Spain.

Local name English name, if any Notes Image
Albera[1][2][4]
Alistana-Sanabresa[1][2][4]
Almanzoreña[1] extinct
Asturiana de la Montaña[1][2][4] Asturian Mountain
Asturiana de los Valles[1][2][3] Asturian Valley
Avileña-Negra Ibérica[1][2][3]
Avileña-Negra Ibérica (variedad Bociblanca)[1][2][4]
Berrenda en Colorado[1][2][4]
Berrenda en Negro[1][2][4]
Betizu[1][2][4]
Blanca Cacereña[1][2][4]
Bruna dels Pirineus[1][2][4]
Cachena[1][2][4]
Calasparrena[1] extinct
Caldelá[1][2][4]
Campurriana[1] extinct
Canaria[1][2][4]
Cárdena Andaluza[1][2][4]
Frieiresa[1][2][4]
Lebaniega[1] extinct
Leonese[1] extinct
Lidia[1][2][3] Spanish Fighting Bull
Limiá[1][2][4]
Lorquina[1] extinct
Mallorquina[1][2][4]
Marinera[1] extinct
Marismeña[1][2][4]
Menorquina[1][2][4]
Monchina[1][2][4]
Morucha[1][2][3]
Morucha (variedad Negra)[1][2][4]
Murciana-Levantina[1][2][4]
Negra Andaluza[1][2][4]
Pajuna[1][2][4]
Pallaresa[1][2]
Palmera[1][2][4]
Parda de Montaña[1][3]
Pasiega[1][2][4]
Pirenaica[1][2][3]
Retinta[1][2][3]
Rubia Gallega[1][2][3]
Santander[1] extinct
Sayaguesa[1][2][4]
Serrana de Teruel[1][2][4]
Serrana Negra[1][2][4]
Terreña[1][2][4]
Toro de Casta Navarra[1]
Tudanca[1][2][4]
Vianesa[1][2][4]

References

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  1. Breeds reported by Spain: Cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2016.
  2. Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (eds.) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. ISBN 9788449109461. p. 28–163.
  3. Catálogo oficial de razas: Raza Autóctona de Fomento: Bovino (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed January 2016.
  4. Catálogo oficial de razas: Raza Autóctona en Peligro de Extinción: Bovino (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed January 2016.


These are the cattle breeds considered in Spain to be wholly or partly of Spanish origin.
Many have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Spanish.
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