Hungarian Domestic Animals
There are special Hungarian species of domestic animals which are seen as national symbols in Hungary.
- Long-horn Hungarian Grey Cattle - Hungarian breed, traditionally kept in the open full year. Nowadays, they are raised for infant food due to natural, healthy meat.
- Dogs
- Hungarian Vizsla - one of the oldest hunting dogs in the world. The ancestors of this dog came into the Carpathian Basin with the nomadic Hungarian tribes.
- Puli - small shepherd dog
- Komondor - large shepherd dog, was brought to Hungary a thousand years ago by nomadic Magyars.
- Kuvasz - large shepherd dog
- Pumi - small shepherd dog
- Magyar Agár (Hungarian Greyhound) was already known in the 8th century. It is as old as the Vizsla.
- Transylvanian Bloodhound - Hungarian hound
- Mudi - shepherd dog
- Hungarian thoroughbred horses - a mid-19th century mixture of the best Arab and English race horse characteristics.
- Mangalica, a breed of pig, characterised by their long curly hair and relatively fatty meat, which makes them ideal for making sausages and salami.
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