Andalusian, Andalucian

Breeds of animals named after the Spanish province of Andalusia.

• A. ass — gray donkey, origin of American and other ass breeds.
• A. cattle — three varieties, a dark, black-brown, a yellow, and gray, of meat and draft cattle, with open lyre horns, bred in southern Spain.
• A. horse — Spanish breed of light horse originating from Arab and Barb. Brown, gray or black, about 15.2 hands high. Origin of many breeds of horses and of criollo and mustang.

  Andalusian horse. By permission from Sambraus HH, Livestock Breeds, Mosby, 1992