The Monterufolino or Cavallino di Monterufoli is a breed of small horse

Horse

The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...

 originating in the province of Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

, in the Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

 region of Italy. It is one of the fifteen indigenous horse "breeds of limited distribution" recognised by the AIA, the Italian breeders' association. It takes its name from a former farm estate, the "Tenuta di Monterufoli", now broken up, which covered some 4000 Ha in the Communes of Pomarance

Pomarance

Pomarance is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 60 km southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Pisa....

, Montecatini

Montecatini

- Places in Italy :* Montecatini Terme, health resort in Tuscany* Montecatini Val di Cecina, village and mining town to the south of Pisa*Montecatini, hamlet in the comune of San Martino in Rio...

, Val di Cecina and Monteverdi Marettimo. Although it averages less than , it is officially termed a "cavallino", or small horse.

The status of the Cavallino di Monterufoli was listed in 2007 as critical by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. At the end of 2008 the breed consisted of 38 mares, 9 stallions, and 125 foals.