There are now more than a quarter million Texas longhorns, in hundreds of shapes, sizes, colors, and horn configurations. Longhorn experts can look at an animal and tell you which of the seven longhorn families it comes from. Of course, Texas longhorns are best known for their fabulous horns. They range from straight to gently curved to sharply bent. Longhorn horns may be two to eight feet long.
Cows generally have longer horns than bulls.
However, bulls' horns tend to be thicker at the base. But the most magnificent horns of all are carried by steers. Texas longhorns continue to rake in honors. Bevo has been the mascot of the University of Texas ever since. In 1995, the Texas longhorn was adopted as Texas' official large mammal.