Which cattle breed is famous for its long, curved horns and Texas heritage?

The Texas Longhorn is the cattle breed famous for its long, curved horns and Texas heritage.

Texas Longhorns descend from cattle brought to North America by Spanish colonists. Over generations, animals adapted to the hot, dry conditions of the Texas frontier, where natural selection favored hardiness, efficient foraging, and the breed’s distinctive horn development. Modern Texas Longhorns can have widely varying coat colors, including red, white, black, and spotted patterns.

The breed is often confused with the Ankole-Watusi, another cattle type known for exceptionally large horns. Texas Longhorn horns can span several feet, but horn size varies by individual and is not a reliable measure of body size or age. The breed was central to the historic cattle drives of the nineteenth-century American West.