Palmera cattle
Near Breña Alta, La Palma, Canary Islands | |
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): endangered-maintained: 106 |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Distribution | La Palma, Canary Islands |
| Standard | Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Aguas (in Spanish) |
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| Coat | from creamy white to soft red |
| Horn status | horned |
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The Palmera is an endangered breed of cattle from the island of San Miguel de La Palma, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. The cattle are not indigenous to the island, but were brought by European settlers in the fifteenth century. The Palmera derives from the Rubia Gallega breed of Galicia. It is distributed mostly in the municipalities of Breña Alta, Breña Baja, El Paso, Garafía, Los Llanos de Aridane and Villa de Mazo, with small numbers in the municipalities of Puntagorda, Santa Cruz de La Palma and Tijarafe; a few may be found on the islands of Fuerteventura and Tenerife.: 130