COMMON NAME:  Horse
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Equus caballus
DIET:   Horses love short, juicy grass. They eat hay, which is dried grass, and various grains such as oats and barley.
YOUNG:  A baby horse is called a foal. After a year it is called a yearling. A filly is a young female and a colt is a young male. When the foal is born its legs are so long it has a hard time reaching down to eat grass.
HABITAT:  Throughout the world, among people and in the wild.
FACTS:

• Within 1 to 2 hours after birth, a baby horse is already able to stand up.
• Horses have monocular vision, which means that each eye sees its own separate image. Humans have binocular vision, which means the two eyes work together to see one single image.
• There are over 350 different breeds of horses.
• Horses are used for performing work such as pulling burdens and carrying people. They are also used for recreation such as riding and racing.