Niata cattle
# Niata cattle

The Niata or Ñata is an extinct breed of dwarf cattle from Uruguay and $Argentina.^{:xxvi}$ It was observed and described by Charles Darwin in the 1830s. One was exhibited at the Segunda Exposición Internacional de Ganadería y Agricultura [es] in Buenos Aires in April 1890. By the early twentieth century the Niata was nearly or completely extinct.

## History

An early description of the Niata is that from November 1833 by Charles Darwin, who twice saw cattle of this $type.^{:273}^{:146}^{:332}^{:51}$

George Ernest Gibson bought two in 1889, one of which was exhibited at the Segunda Exposición Internacional de Ganadería y Agricultura [es] in Buenos Aires in April $1890.^{:277}$

By the early twentieth century it was nearly or completely $extinct.^{:277}$

