Argentine Criollo
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The Argentine Criollo is one of the Criollo type cattle
Criollo cattle
Criollo is a group of cattle breeds descended from Spanish stock imported to the Americas, including:* the Argentine Criollo* the Corriente cattle* the Florida cracker cattle* the Pineywoods cattle* the Romosinuano cattle* the Texas Longhorn cattle...

 found in the Americas. Criollo cattle are descended from the first bovines brought by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

in his travels to America.
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