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Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Nine-Banded Armadillo Digging In The Front Yard At Night. Mayport, Florida. Photograph by Zack. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Nine-banded Armadillo. Photographed in Naples, Collier Co., Florida Photograph by Vincent P Lucas. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO FACTS
DescriptionThe Nine-banded Armadillo has leathery skin with hardened plates on the back and sides that overlap. The plates form overlapping bands. The number of bands varies from 7 to 11 with 9 being fairly common. The Armadillo has long ears and a long nose with snout like a pig. The front feet have four toes and rear feet have five toes. The legs are stout and used for digging Size total length is 61-80cm, the tail length, 24-37cm Environment savanna, grassland, forest, scrub forest. Armadillos dig burrows and often share them with rabbits, skunks or possums. Food Insects such as ants, beetles, and other invertebrates. Also feeds on small reptiles and amphibians. Sometimes eats small birds and small mammals. Fruit and berries are also eaten. Breeding Four to six young are born after gestation period of around 120 days. All young in the litter are same sex as they develop from a single egg. The young are born from March to April and are able walk a few hours after birth. Range from Peru and northern Argentina to the south-central and southeastern United States Classification
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