Monchino

{{Short description|Spanish breed of horse}}

{{Infobox horse

|name= Monchino

|image= Caballo monchino en el Parque de la naturaleza de Cabárceno - 2013-Aug-12 - by Stromare.jpg

|image_caption= Monchinu horse.

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|altname= Monchinu

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|country= Cantabria, Spain

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File:Caballos monchinos en el Parque de la naturaleza de Cabárceno (3) - 2013-Aug-12 - by Stromare.jpg, Cantabria.]]

The Monchino{{citation|url=http://www.ucm.es/info/genetvet/genetic_structure_caballo_monchin_horse.pdf|author=Tupac-Yupanqui|title= Caracterización genética del caballo monchino y su relación con otras razas autóctonas españolas |year=2011 |journal=Arch. Zootec. |volume=60 |number=231 |pages=425–428|doi=10.4321/S0004-05922011000300027|access-date=2011-10-19|language=es|display-authors=etal}} ({{IPA|es|monˈtʃino|lang}}) or Monchinu{{cite book|last1=de Ocharán Mazas|first1=Luis|title=Marichu|date=1916|publisher=Tip. de la "Rev. de arch., bibl. y museos", 1916|page=136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ti1FAAAAIAAJ&q=Monchinu|access-date=16 October 2014}} ({{IPA|ast|monˈtʃinu|label=Cantabrian:}}) is a breed of horse indigenous to the Valle de Guriezo in the Cantabria region of northern Spain, and also extending into neighbouring Biscay province. It is listed in the Official Catalogue of Livestock Breeds of Spain (Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España) in the group of autochthonous breeds in danger of extinction.{{cite web|title=Ganaderia: Clasificación de Razas|url=http://www.mapa.es/app/Zootecnia/Fichas.aspx?pag=EquinoMonchino|publisher=Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. (in Spanish)|access-date=4 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116064943/http://www.mapa.es/app/Zootecnia/Fichas.aspx?pag=EquinoMonchino|archive-date=2011-01-16|url-status=dead}}

The word monchinu means highlander, from the mountains, in Cantabrian.{{cite journal |url=http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/naturzale/14/14067072.pdf|last1=Seiliez|title= Breve presentación de la raza Betizu |date=1999 |journal=Naturzale |number=14 |pages=67–72|access-date=2012-10-25|language=es}}