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Highland cattle

Highland
a shaggy orange-red cow with wide-spreading horns
Cow on Dartmoor, in south-west England
Conservation status
Other names
  • Kyloe
  • Long-haired Highland Cattle
  • Long-haired Scottish Cattle
  • North Highland Cattle
  • Scottish Cattle
  • Scottish Highland Cattle
  • West Highland Cattle
Country of originScotland
Distributionworldwide
StandardThe Highland Cattle Society
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average: 650 kg[2]
  • Female:
    average: 450 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    average: 125 cm[2]
  • Female:
    average: 105 cm[2]
Coat
  • red-brown
  • yellow
  • pale/silver
  • dun/brindle
  • black
Horn statushorned in both sexes
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Bò Ghàidhealach; Scots: Heilan coo) is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Western Islands of Scotland and has long horns and a long shaggy coat. It is a hardy breed, able to withstand the intemperate conditions in the region. The first herd-book dates from 1885; two types – a smaller island type, usually black, and a larger mainland type, usually dun – were registered as a single breed. It is reared primarily for beef, and has been exported to several other countries.[4]

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  4. ^ "Highland Cattle Society breed standard". Highlandcattlesociety.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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