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The word armadillo means ' little armored one ' in Spanish; [2] [3] it is derived from armadura ' armor ', with the diminutive suffix -illo attached. While the phrase little armored one would translate to armadito normally, the suffix -illo can be used in place of -ito when the diminutive is used in an approximative tense. [4]
A burrow is a hole or tunnel excavated into the ground by an animal to construct a space suitable for habitation or temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion. Burrows provide a form of shelter against predation and exposure to the elements, and can be found in nearly every biome and among various biological interactions. Many animal ...
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 Great Blue Hole, a giant submarine sinkhole, near Ambergris Caye, Belize. The following is a list of sinkholes, blue holes, dolines, crown holes, cenotes, and pit caves. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
Feb. 9—The nine-banded armadillo is expanding its territory and moving north of its typical southern habitat. Native to South and Central America and parts of Southwestern United States ...
The genus name Armadillosuchus is derived from the Spanish armadillo, chosen due to the superficially similar osteoderm-shields of the two animals. The second part of the name is derived from the Ancient Greek "souchus" for crocodile, as is common in fossil crocodylomorphs. The species name on the other hand was chosen in honor of João Tadeu ...
The pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), dwarf armadillo or pygmy armadillo is an armadillo native to Argentina. It is the only living member of the genus Zaedyus , [ 2 ] and the only armadillo to hibernate. Fossil remains from the Cerro Azul Formation indicate this species had already evolved during the late Miocene epoch.
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