Basque breeds and cultivars

It is mainly a dairy sheep and the milk (7.42% fat content, 5.39% proteins) is used to make the AOC Ossau-Iraty cheese.

[citation needed] The equivalent breed in the Spanish Basque Country is the Vasca Carranzana.

[3]: 941 The Baztanesa or Baztango Txerria is an extinct breed of Basque pig of Celtic type.

[4]: 234 The Betizu is a cattle breed characterised as being agile, with a large head and a rectangular profile.

It originated in Álava, but spread throughout the Basque Country and to other parts of Spain including Valencia, La Rioja and Castilla y Leon.

The Latxa ([ˈlatʃa]), also encountered as lacha in the Spanish spelling is a Basque dairy sheep.

The Pottoka (Basque pronunciation: [poˈcoka]) is an ancient but endangered breed of mountain horse.

The other is the circa 1134 diary of the pilgrim Aymeric Picaud included in the Codex Calixtinus who mentions the Basques being notable for growing apples and drinking cider.

The sixteenth-century inquisitor Pierre de Lancre also refers to the Basque Country as "the land of the apple".