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A traditional charango made of armadillo, today superseded by wooden charangos, in Museu de la Música de Barcelona. Armadillo shells have traditionally been used to make the back of the charango, an Andean lute instrument. In certain parts of Central and South America, armadillo meat is eaten; it is a popular ingredient in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Cingulata is an order of armored placental mammals.Members of this order are called cingulates, or colloquially, armadillos.They are primarily found in South America, though the northern naked-tailed armadillo is found mainly in Central America and the nine-banded armadillo has a range extending into North America.
The nine-banded armadillo is a solitary, mainly nocturnal [4] [5] animal, found in many kinds of habitats, from mature and secondary rainforests to grassland and dry scrub. It is an insectivore , feeding chiefly on ants , termites , and other small invertebrates .
†Beautiful armadillo (Dasypus bellus) is an extinct armadillo species found in North and South America about 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago. It is much larger than current-day species at about 2.5 times the size of the normal nine-banded armadillo and had much thicker, more robust armor.
The species of armadillo found in the U.S. has a new name: the Mexican long-nosed armadillo. Related: 9 Expert-Approved Tips For Getting Rid Of Groundhogs. How To Get Rid Of Armadillos.
The giant armadillo is the largest living species of armadillo, with 11 to 13 hinged bands protecting the body and a further three or four on the neck. [6] Its body is dark brown in color, with a lighter, yellowish band running along the sides, and a pale, yellow-white head.
“The specimen we found belongs to one of the smallest species (of an extinct type of armadillo called Neosclerocalyptus),” Delgado said, noting its weight was about 300 kilograms (660 pounds ...
The southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus), also known as La Plata three-banded armadillo or Azara's domed armadillo, [2] is an armadillo species from South America. [3] It is found in parts of northern Argentina , southwestern Brazil , Paraguay and Bolivia , at elevations from sea level to 770 m (2,530 ft).