Scottish Highlander in the snow in the Amsterdamse Bos .
Highland Cow is a mostly reddish brown cattle breed that originally comes from Scotland. They have long hair and long horns.
Origin[edit] The Scottish Highlander is the original cattle of the western highlands of Scotland and the Hebrides. There was no incrossing with other cattle breeds. The first herd book was established in 1885.
The withers are respectively 125 and 115 cm. Scottish Highlanders can reach an age of eighteen years. In that time, a cow can give birth to approximately fifteen calves. The gestation period is about ten months. Cows have wide, upward-pointing horns, while those of bulls are horizontally forward.