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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
Scottish
highland cattle |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Mammalia |
| ORDER: |
Artiodactyla |
| FAMILY: |
Bovidae |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Bos
taurus |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Scottish
highland cattle have handlebar shaped horns and
long, thick, shaggy coats |
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| SIZE: |
Shoulder
height: 0.9-1.1 m (2.95-3.6 ft.) |
| MALE |
Males
(bulls) grow larger than females (cows) |
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| WEIGHT: |
450-1,000
kg (992-2,204 lb.) |
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| DIET: |
Mainly
grazes on grasses |
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| GESTATION: |
Mating
occurs throughout the year. Gestation lasts approximately
277-290 days. A single calf is most common, although
occasionally twins are born. |
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| SEXUAL
MATURITY: |
At
about 18 months |
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| LIFE
SPAN: |
May
be more than 20 years |
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| RANGE: |
Originally
native to Scotland. Now quite popular in the United
States. |
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| HABITAT: |
Originally
rough and rocky terrain |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
Unknown |
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
Not
listed |
| CITES |
Not
listed |
| USFWS |
Not
listed |
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| 1. |
Scottish highland cattle are an ancient, Celtic
breed of cattle. |
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| 2. |
Cattle consume as much as 70 kg (150 lb.) of grass
and graze about eight hours each day. |
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one time these cattle were quite rare. They are
now a well-developed breed in the United States
and in Britain. |
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| MacDonald,
D. The Encyclopedia of Mammals: 2. London:
George Allen & Unwin Co., 1985. |
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Nowak, R. M. Walker's Mammals of the World. 6th
edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1999. |
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