Nine-Banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
The most notable feature of the nine-banded armadillo is its skin. They range in color from brownish-black to gray.
Nine-Banded Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus
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Nine-banded Armadillo ( Dasypus novemcinctus )
Nine-Banded Armadillo Digging In The Front Yard At Night. Mayport, Florida.
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The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) occurs widely across all of the southeastern United States and southward into Central America.
NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO
The solitary and nocturnal armadillo has an armored skin composed of hard bony plates. Its head, legs, and tail are similarly protected with bony scales.
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Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
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The nine-banded armadillo is the size if a large house cat. It has a gray to brownish-gray body that is 15-17 inches long. Its tail tail is about 14-16 inches long. It has scaly plates called scutes that cover its head, body and tail.
The Nine-banded Armadillo is a cat-sized, armored, insect-eating mammal. Similar in form to an anteater, the bony, scaled shell of the armadillo protects it from attacks by predators.
Nine-banded armadillo, common long-nosed armadillo
Dasypus novemcintus
One of the more common armadillos which digs for ants and other invertebrates with its strong limbs and claws. It always gives birth to identical quadruplets.
Although their dermal shield does not cover their bellies, nine-banded armadillos lack the ability to curl their body into a complete ball (unlike some other armadillo species).
The Nine-Banded Armadillo has been expanding its range both north and east within the United States. It is well-established in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus Peters
Description: The nine-banded armadillo is a highly specialized mammal. It can be distinguished from other Kansas mammals by: 1) oval brownish body and long tapering tail which are ...
Nine-banded Armadillo
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Dasypodidae
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The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), named for the nine breaks in the creature's leathery armor that allow it to flex its stiff hide, is an odd-looking mammal about the size of a cat.
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The Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, introduced to Florida in the early 1900's, is found statewide in areas with dense ground cover and sandy soil. It is covered with stiff, bony plates.
In Florida, Florida panthers commonly prey on feral pigs (Sus scrofa), raccoons (Procyon lotor), and nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in addition to white-tailed deer [16,32,34].
DESCRIPTION: The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) cannot easily be confused with any other North American wild mammal. The armadillo’s body is covered with an armored carapace or shell.
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' The nine-banded armadillo is the only armadillo native to the United States; it also lives in South and Central America.
In the United States, the sole resident armadillo is the Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), which is most common in the central southernmost states, particularly Texas.
The Nine-banded Armadillo also serves science through its unusual reproductive system, in which four identical quadruplets (all the same sex) are born in each clutch.
Nine-banded armadillos will share their burrows only with members of the same sex. Each animal has its own territory, but those of males often overlap. Territories are marked with scent.
Armadillo Species: Some species of armadillo are the giant armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, large hairy armadillo, northern naked-tailed armadillo and the pichi.
Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
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Of the 20 varieties of armadillo, all but one live in Latin America. The familiar nine-banded armadillo is the only species that includes the United States in its range.
There are around 20 species of armadillo still existent on the American continent with the nine-banded armadillo being the only species found outside of the South American tropics.
Do not really swim; move forward when in water by punting off the river bottom
Other animals that can bottom-walk include nine-banded armadillos and water chevrotain
Bottom walking may have been also used by ancestors of whales (Thewissen et al.
The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is the only species found in the United States; it ranges from Argentina to Texas and Louisiana. It is about 30 in. (76 cm) long and 6 in. (15 cm) high at the shoulder; it weighs about 15 lb (6.4 kg).
 See also: Armadillo, Burro, Rabbit, Shell, Anteater
  
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