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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 .
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 also serves science through its unusual reproductive system, in which four genetically identical offspring are born, the result of one original egg. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Because they are always genetically identical, the group of four young provides a good subject for scientific, behavioral, or medical tests that need ...
A study conducted on the nine-banded armadillo's stomach content concluded that their diet consists of approximately 7% plant matter and 93% animal matter. [18] Plants include fruit, seeds, mushroom and fungi and animal matter includes beetles, snails, ants, worms, reptiles, and amphibians. They also occasionally eat small mammals, bird eggs ...
Southern long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus hybridus NT; Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus LC; Seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus LC; Subfamily: Euphractinae. Genus: Chaetophractus. Screaming hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus LC; Big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus LC; Genus: Calyptophractus
Six-banded armadillo Southern three-banded armadillo. Family: Dasypodidae. Genus: Cabassous. Greater naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous tatouay LC; Southern naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus LC; Genus: Dasypus. Southern long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus hybridus NT; Great long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus kappleri LC; Nine-banded armadillo ...
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Nine-banded armadillo. The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. There are around 20 extant species. They are native to the Americas. Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos) Subfamily: Dasypodinae. Genus: Dasypus. Nine-banded armadillo, D. novemcinctus LC