The Pasiega is a traditional Spanish breed of red dairy cattle from the autonomous community of Cantabria in northern Spain.
[citation needed] The Pasiega was believed to be extinct[1]: 106 [7] until the late twentieth century, when a surviving group was identified.
[8]: 268 Pasiega cattle were traditionally managed under a type of short-range transhumance: in spring and summer they grazed on meadows on the slopes of the mountains of the Cordillera Cantábrica; in autumn they were brought down to the valleys, and grazed the fields which had been harvested; in winter they were stabled, and fed hay and maize meal.
[8]: 268 The head is short, with a broad forehead and a straight profile; the horns are small, yellowish at the base and darker towards the tips.
[4]: 133 The cattle are hardy and rustic, well adapted to the harsh climate of the Montes del Pas and capable of foraging on steep or rough mountain terrain.