Armadillo Online!  Welcome to the wonderful world of armadillos. Not your average speed bump on the information superhighway! What’s an armadillo? Armadillos are an amazing group of animals that originated in South America. Armadillos are mammals, just like you. Contrary to what...

Armadillos Nine-Banded Armadillo Texas Wildlife  A distant counsin of the sloth and the anteater, the Nine-Banded Armadillo originated in South America. It immigrated to Texas by way of Mexico in the 19th. century. Its name comes from a Spanish word referring to its armor like...

Armadillo Network DilloScape  Armadillos are very unique mammals. They are the only mammal with a shell, and this armor is composed of overlapping bony plates called scutes. They have poor eyesight, an excellent sense of smell, and strong legs. Armadillos use their legs...

Armadillos  Armadillo is the largest of the 20 armadillo species. The Giant Armadillo avoids the daytime heat by resting in a burrow but emerges at night to feed. Armadillos can roll themselves into a ball. The largest armadillo is about 1.2m...

Giant Armadillo  This armoured mammal was once widespread in the tropical forests east of the Andes, from Venezuela to Argentina. The largest of the armadillos, the giant armadillo can grow up to 1.5 m in length and weigh up to 55 kg....

 Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus (NM) Biota Information System Of New Mexico BISON version 1/2000 BISON was developed for biologists by The New Mexico Department of Game Fish, and The Fish Wildlife Information Exchange (Fisheries Wildlife Dept VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA Other...

The Astonishing Armadillo  Of all the wild animals of the Americas, few are as amazing in aspect, actions, and vulnerability to one great human affliction as the armadillos. Travelers in the Gulf states usually see them by day scattered along the road where...

Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)  About the size of a terrier dog, upperparts encased in a bony carapace with large shields on shoulders and rump and nine bands in between; front feet with four toes, middle two longest; hind foot five-toed, the middle three longest,...