The Scottish Highlander (Scottish Gaelic: Bò Ghàidhealach; Scottish: Heilan coo), also called Highland Cow, is a mostly reddish-brown breed of cattle native to Scotland. They have long hair and long horns.
The Scottish Highlander is the original cattle of the western highlands of Scotland and the Hebrides. No inbreeding with other cattle breeds took place. The first herd book was established in 1885.
Until 1849, most Scottish highlanders were black in color. 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. In addition to black and red, blonde varieties also occur. An adult bull weighs 800 pounds and a cow 500 pounds. 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 fifteen 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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