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Cow Pictures: Longhorn Cows and More Cows
Below are cow pictures and pictures of calves. Please scroll down below the photos to
find a short article with interesting information on cows.
All photos are copyrighted © and property of Cowboyway.com.
A Longhorn cow lays in the grass. |
A different Longhorn cow relaxing in the grass. |
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A calf looking for a treat. |
A Brahma cow sniffing the feed truck. |
Cows and calves graze around Irises. |
Two cows and their calves in a creek bottom. |
All photos are copyrighted © and property of Cowboyway.com.
About Cows
- A cow is a mature female bovine. A bovine is an animal of the genus Bos and
the family Bovinae. Bovines include domestic cattle, bison, water buffalo, and more.
The females of other large animals, such as elephants and whales, are also called cows.
- Cows are ungulates. "Ungulate" means they are a mammal with hooves. Cows are
even-toed ungulates (called Artiodactyls) and horses are odd-toed ungulates
(called Perissodactyls).
- More examples of even-toed ungulates: Pigs, goats, sheep, and camels.
- More examples of odd-toed ungulates: Rhinoceroses and zebras.
- Cows are ruminants. A ruminant is an even-toed animal that digests its food
by first swallowing it, then regurgitating it later to re-chew and re-swallow
it. It may repeat this process several times. The regurgitated food is referred
to as a "cud." Ruminants have four different digestive chambers. The
chambers are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and the obamasum. Ruminant animals
like cows are very efficient at extracting the most nutrition possible from poor
quality feed.
- More examples of ruminants: Goats, sheep, deer, llamas, bison, and buffalo.
- The gestation period for a cow is nine months.
- Some common "cow" terms:
- Cattle - A plural term used to refer to more than one bovine.
- Calf - A young bovine, usually used to refer to cattle less than a year old.
- Heifer -
A young female bovine. When a heifer matures, she is called a cow.
- Cow - A mature female bovine.
- Bull - A male bovine.
- Steer - A male bovine that has been castrated.
- Ox - A male bovine that has been castrated after it has reached
sexual maturity. The term can also mean any bovine (usually male, but can also
be female) that is used for draft work. Oxen is the plural of ox.
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