Mertolenga Cattle
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Mertolenga is a cattle
breed from Portugal
, one of thirteen registered Portuguese breeds (as of 2003), making up around 19 per cent of cattle in that country.
The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to southern Portugal in the Low Alentejo Region.
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
breed from Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, one of thirteen registered Portuguese breeds (as of 2003), making up around 19 per cent of cattle in that country.
The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to southern Portugal in the Low Alentejo Region.
Description
- Corpulence – average
- Skeleton – Fine
- Coat – red roan thousand flowers, red tabby and spotted with red.
- Mucous – clear or slightly pigmented
- Profile – straight or sub-convex
- Horns – thin, elliptical section