English Longhorn

The Longhorn or British Longhorn is a British breed of beef cattle characterised by long curving horns. It originated in northern England, in the counties of Lancashire, Westmorland and Yorkshire, and later spread to the English Midlands and to Ireland.: 49  It was originally a slow heavy draught animal; cows gave a little milk, although high in fat. In the eighteenth century Robert Bakewell applied his methods of selective breeding to these cattle, which for a short time became the predominant British breed.: 232 : 32  Both the numbers and the quality of the breed declined throughout the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth. A breed society was formed in 1878, and a herd-book published in that year.: 232 

English Longhorn Cattle
Cow and calf
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 144 
  • DAD-IS (2021): at risk
  • RBST (2021): UK native breeds
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Distribution
  • Australia
  • Holland
  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • United Kingdom
StandardThe Longhorn Cattle Society
Usebeef, formerly draught and dairy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • usually:
      750–900 kg
    • maximum: over 1000kg
  • Female:
    500–600 kg
Height
  • Male:
    150 cm
  • Female:
    130–140 cm
Coatvariable: red, brown or grey and white, finched
Horn statuslong curved horns
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The Longhorn was formerly listed as "priority" on the watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, but in 2021 was listed among the "UK native breeds".

The cattle are variable in colour, but are always finched – with a heavy line of white along the spine, tail and underside of the belly.: 232 

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