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ARMADILLOS
Mammal          -    Vertebrate          -      Omnivore


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NINE-BANDED AMADILLO
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SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO
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Armadillos ...
  • Name comes from Spanish word meaning 'little armoured thing'
  • Are closely related to the sloths and anteaters
  • The largest is about the size of a pig
  • The smallest is about the size of a chipmunk
  • The number of bands depends upon the species
  • Are covered in with many bony plates - the number of plates giving the armadillo it's name - e.g.: 8 plates = 8 banded armadillo
  • Live up to 12 years
  • Have poor eyesight, but a keen sense of smell
  • Have short legs, but can move surprisingly fast
  • Only the three-banded armadillo can roll into a ball to protect itself from predators
  • The nine-banded armadillo, when feeling threatened, will rush to their burrows or bushes for safety or, if water is nearby, they will swim to safety
  • The nine-banded armadillo always give birth to identical quadruplets
  • They may have more bands than their name implies 
  • Like to swim
  • Can walk under water - they can hold their breath for about 6 minutes
  • Are excellent diggers
  • Live in burrows
  • Eat insects, fire ants, termites, bugs, worms, spiders snakes, frogs, eggs, roots, fruit and sometimes reptiles and small birds
  • Have a long, sticky tongue to slurp up bugs
  • Sleep for about 18 hours a day
  • When startled, they jump straight up in the air
  • Have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex
  • Babies have soft shells and they get harder as they grow
  • Have four babies at a time and all of them of the same sex
  • Main predators are dogs, wild cats, wolves, alligators, coyotes, raccoons and black bears
  • Are the only animal, besides humans, that can get leprosy
  • Gives birth to four babies at a time and they are always of the same sex
  • The shell of an armadillo is so tough that bullets bounce off it

There are about 20 species of armadillos


Male   ..........................................................  Boar
Female  .......................................................  Sow
Young  ........................................................  Baby. Pup
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
  1. An arrangement of armadillos
  2. A herd of armadillos
  3. A pack of armadillos
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SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO
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THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO

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PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO - The smallest Armadillo

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  • Introduction
    • English Grammar + Animals
    • Acknowledgements
  • Animals Facts
    • Categories
    • Feeding Categories
    • Phobia Categories
    • Animal + Insect Eating Plants
    • Animal and Bird Tail Functions
    • National Emblems
    • Meanings
    • Sounds
    • Symbolism >
      • American Groundhog Day
      • The Chinese Calendar
      • Native American
      • Celtic Mythology
    • Camouflage
    • Friendships to make you smile ...
    • On the brink of extinction
    • Extinct
    • Amazing + Bizarre
    • The Most Dangerous Species
    • Newly Discovered Species
    • Anthropomorphism
  • Animals: A-Z
    • A >
      • Aardvarks
      • Albatrosses
      • Alligators
      • Antelope
      • Ants
      • Apes and Monkeys
      • Armadillos
      • Auks
      • Avocets
    • B >
      • Badgers
      • Barracudas
      • Bats
      • Bears
      • Beavers
      • Bees
      • Beetles, Bugs + Insects
      • Birds, Eggs and Nests
      • Bison + Buffaloes
      • Butterflies
      • Bush Babies
    • C >
      • Camels
      • Cats
      • Cheetahs
      • Chickens
      • Chimpanzees
      • Chinchilla
      • Cows and Bulls
      • Coyotes
      • Crocodiles
      • Crustaceans
    • D >
      • Deer
      • Dinosaurs
      • Dogs
      • Dolphins + Porpoises
      • Donkeys + Mules
      • Ducks
      • Dugong
    • E >
      • Eagles
      • Echidnas
      • Eels
      • Elephants
      • Emus
    • F >
      • Ferrets
      • Fish
      • Flies
      • Foxes
      • Frogs
    • G >
      • Geese
      • Gerbils and Hamsters
      • Giraffes
      • Goats
    • H >
      • Hares and Rabbits
      • Hawks
      • Hedgehogs
      • Hippopotamuses
      • Horses and Ponies
      • Hyenas
    • J >
      • Jays
      • Jellyfish
    • K >
      • Kangaroos
      • Koalas
      • Komodo Dragons
    • L >
      • Lemurs
      • Leopards
      • Lions
      • Lizards
      • Llamas
    • M >
      • Magpies
      • Manatees
      • Martens
      • Meerkats
      • Mice
      • Moles
      • Molluscs
      • Mongoose
      • Mosquitoes
    • O >
      • Okapi
      • Ostriches
      • Otters
      • Owls
      • Oxen
    • P >
      • Peacocks
      • Pigeons and Doves
      • Pigs, Boars and Warthogs
      • Polecats
      • Porcupines
      • Prairie Dogs
    • R >
      • Raccoons
      • Rats
      • Rhinoceros
    • S >
      • Salamanders
      • Scorpions
      • Sea Stars / Star Fish
      • Sea Lions
      • Seahorses
      • Seals
      • Sharks
      • Sheep
      • Shrews
      • Skunks
      • Snakes
      • Spiders
      • Springbok
      • Squirrels
      • Starlings
      • Stingrays
      • Stoats
      • Swallows
      • Swans
      • Swifts
    • T >
      • Tapirs
      • Termites
      • Thrushes
      • Ticks
      • Tigers
      • Toads
      • Tortoises and Turtles
      • Trout
      • Turkeys
      • Turtle Doves
    • V >
      • Voles
      • Vultures
    • W >
      • Wallabies
      • Walruses
      • Water Buffaloes
      • Wasps
      • Weasles
      • Whales
      • Wolverine
      • Wolves
      • Wombats
      • Woodcocks
      • Woodpeckers
      • Worms
      • Wrens
    • Y >
      • Yaks
    • Z >
      • Zebras
  • About Birds
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