The Retuertas or is a Spanish
breed
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...
of horse indigenous to
Andalusia.
[J.V. Delgado, J.L. Vega-Plá, J. Calderón, C. Rico, A. Martínez, A. Cabello, J.M. León, M.E. Camacho, A. Vallecillo, D. López (2009)]
Informe Justificativo para el Reconocimiento del Caballo de las Retuertas como Raza Autóctona de Protección Especial
(in Spanish). Sociedad Española para los Recursos Genéticos Animales. Accessed January 2015. It is found only in the
Doñana National Park in the provinces of
Huelva and
Sevilla, with a conservation herd in the
Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve in
Espeja
Espeja is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created ...
(
Salamanca Province) a part of which is the research reserve of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the
Spanish National Research Council.
In 2016 it was added to the list of domestic animal breeds with national government recognition.
References
Horse breeds
Horse breeds originating in Spain
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