Costeño con Cuernos

Also Known As: Andaluz, CCC, Cornigero de la costa, Sinuano de cuernos
The Costeño con Cuernos are of the Criollo type and were developed from Spanish cattle as a draft animal and milk production. The breed is usually red or orange, sometimes chestnut, with lyre shaped horns.
Cows weight approximately 500 kg at maturity and bulls 700 to 750 kg. The Romosinuano breed of northern Columbia was developed from this breed.
Reference:

Genus Bos: Cattle Breeds of the World, 1985, MSO-AGVET (Merck & Co., Inc.), Rahway, N.J.
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.

Photographs:

R. E. McDowell, Professor Emeritus of International Animal Science, Cornell University, and provided by Paul O. Brackelsberg, Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University