Raza de Lidia Casta Navarra
(transboundary/brand name)

(most common name):
• Toro de Casta Navarra
(local/other name):
• Casta Navarra

The Raza de Lidia Casta Navarra is a dual-purpose breed used for fighting and vegetation management. Its herdbook was started in 1990.

The Raza de Lidia Casta Navarra is usually red and has lyre-shaped horns.

The Raza de Lidia Casta Navarra belongs to the Fighting cattle group and the Iberian Black cattle group.

Iberian Black cattle have:
• a head profile that is straight or sub-concave (curving inwards slightly)
• long horns which spread out sideways and then curve forward, having sharp upward-bent points
• a deep chest with a heavy dewlap
• high withers
• a long back, dipping a bit in the middle
• light hindquarters
• long, strong legs

Iberian Black cattle are often sexually dimorphic (i.e. having two distinct forms) which is exhibited by the bulls being much heavier than the cows.

NOTE: As of 2021, there is no longer a listing in DAD-IS for Raza de Lidia Casta Navarra, Toro de Casta Navarra or Casta Navarra in Spain or Portugal.

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-20

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