The Jaca Navarra (), or Navarrese Horse, is a Spanish

breed A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist seve ...

of small horse from the

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Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

in the north-eastern part of the country. In 2013 it was listed in the Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España in the group of

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breeds in danger of extinction. The total population of the Jaca Navarra has been variously estimated at 350 (in 1999), 250 (in 2000), and 240 and decreasing (in 1997). In April 2011 the total population was reported to be 899, all of which were in Navarre. In 2000, and again in 2007, it was listed by the

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as endangered. A

breeders' association Breed clubs are associations or clubs with activities centered on a single, specific breed of a particular species of domesticated animal. The purpose of the association will vary with the species of animal and the goals and needs of the members ...

, the Asociación de Criadores de Ganado Equino Jaca Navarra, was formed in 1999, and a

stud-book A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry, the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breeders w ...

opened in 2001. The conservation and reference herd kept in semi-feral conditions at the Sabaiza estate contains all but a few examples of the breed.

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, this breed is also known as the ''Poney Navarro'', ''Caballo Navarro'', ''Caballo Vasco-navarro'', ''Caballito de Andía'', ''Caballito de las Améscoas'' or ''Caballito de la Barranca'', and was in the past also known as ''Jaca de Montaña'', ''Raza de Pamplona'' or ''Raza Pamplonica''. The word ''jaca'' has an unusual history, from

Old Spanish Old Spanish (, , ; ), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and most famous literary composition in O ...

''haca'', itself from

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th Hackney, a place famous for its horses.

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The Jaca Navarra may be used as a light

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The Jaca Navarra may be used as a light draught horse. It is reared for horsemeat">meat Meat is animal Tissue (biology), tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and farmed other animals for meat since prehistory. The Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of vertebrates, including chickens, sheep, ...

, and may be used in conservation grazing.

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