Animals With Big Long Horns

Yup they are the animals with the longest horns in the world ranking number one.

Animals with big long horns. They range from the jackrabbit-size dik-dik with three-inch eight-centimeter horns to the giant eland whose curling horns can reach nearly four feet just over a. In contrast to males female horns are longer and thinner. Also during the breeding season males fight for access to females and use their long horns in agonistic behaviours.

There is an incredible number of horned animals including the following. These are the 10 animals with the most impressive large horns. Native to central Africa the giant eland is the biggest antelope in the world.

The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns which can extend to over 100 inches 254 m tip to tip for cows and bulls. It makes this list not for that or for its great skin-beard thing but because its horns have thread variation. The oryx is one of largest antelope species native to Africa.

Unlike males female oryx have longer and thinner horns. They are descendants of the first cattle introduced in the New World brought by explorer Christopher Columbus and the Spanish colonists. Only the bulls have horns so its easy to distinguish male kudu from female kudu.

Their gracefully curved horns along with their lithe body never ceases to amaze even the most stoic of audiences. The sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg. Males tend to have thicker horns while the females have longer and thinner horns.

The females are also far more petite and shorter. Horns are distinct from antlers which are not permanent. Also known as long-eared fox this fox species also has ears of large size as well.