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Three-banded armadillo skeleton on display at the Museum of Osteology Armadillos ( Spanish for 'little armored ones') are armored New World mammals in the order Cingulata . They form part of the superorder Xenarthra , along with the anteaters and sloths . 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the ...
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos.
Three banded armadillo skeleton rolled in a ball. (Museum of Osteology)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]
The average sleep time of a captive giant armadillo is said to be 18.1 hours. [18] Giant armadillo skeleton (back) and skeleton of six-banded armadillo (front) at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology in England. Armadillos have not been extensively studied in the wild; therefore, little is known about their natural ecology and behavior.
Radiocarbon dates from the bones and bivalve shells found in the same layer of sediment revealed the armadillo remains were between 20,811 and 21,090 years old, according to the study published ...
Glyptodonts are an extinct clade of large, heavily armoured armadillos, reaching up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height, and maximum body masses of around 2 tonnes.They had short, deep skulls, a fused vertebral column, and a large bony carapace made up of hundreds of individual scutes.
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.
Closeup of a helodermatid's skin, revealing the osteoderms Armadillo skeleton, with shell made of osteoderms (displayed at the Museum of Osteology). Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates, or other structures based in the dermis.