The Scottish Highlander is the original cattle of the western highlands of Scotland and the Hebrides. There was no incrossing with other cattle breeds. In 1885 the first herdbook was established.
Until 1849 most Scottish Highlanders were black. The story goes that in the 1840s Queen Victoria visited the Scottish highlands and expressed her preference for the red animals. She simply liked them better. She gave the order to breed more red Highlanders.[2] Besides black and red there are also blond varieties. An adult bull weighs 800 kilos and a cow 500 kilos. The height at the withers is 125 and 115 cm respectively. Scottish Highlanders can grow up to eighteen years old. During that time, a cow can give birth to about fifteen calves. The gestation period is about ten months. Cows have wide-spaced, upward-facing horns, while those of the bulls stand horizontally forward.
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