Betizu

For the Basque-language television program, see Betizu (TV program).
Betizu
Bull on the slopes of Xoldokogaina [eu]
Conservation status
  • France: FAO (2007): critical[1]: 41 
  • Spain: FAO (2007): endangered[1]: 106 
Other namesBetizuak[2]: 130 
Country of origin
  • Spain
  • France
Distribution
StandardGobierno de Navarra (in Spanish)
Use
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    400–500 kg (900–1100 lb)
  • Female:
    300–350 kg (700–800 lb)
Height
  • Male:
    130 cm (51 in)[2]: 130 
  • Female:
    120 cm (47 in)[2]: 130 
Skin colourcreamy white[3]: 61 
Coatrusset brown
Horn statushorned
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The Betizu is a breed of small mountain cattle which live in a semi-feral state in some mountainous parts of the Basque Country in both Spain and France. It is classified as an endangered breed by both the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, the agriculture ministry of Spain,[4][5] and by the Conservatoire des Races d'Aquitaine in France.[6]

It is one of a small number of semi-feral cattle populations in Europe, with the Albera of the Pyrenees, the Monchina of Cantabria, and the Raço di Biòu of the Camargue.[7]

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  5. ^ "BOE n. 279 de 21/11/1997".
  6. ^ "La Vache Betizu" [The Betizu Cow]. Conservatoire des Races d'Aquitaine. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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