The Scottish Highlander is the original cattle of the western highlands of Scotland and the Hebrides. No inbreeding with other cattle breeds took place.Until 1849, most Scottish highlanders were black in colour. The story goes that in the 1840s Queen Victoria visited the Scottish Highlands and then expressed her preference for the red animals. She simply found them more beautiful. She ordered the breeding of more red highlanders. Besides black and red, blonde varieties also occur. An adult bull weighs 800 kilograms and a cow 500 kilograms. The shoulder height is 125 and 115 cm respectively. Scottish highlanders can live up to eighteen years. During that time, a cow can give birth to about 15 calves. The gestation period is about ten months. Cows have widespread, upward-pointing horns, while those of bulls are horizontally forward.
 
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