Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo
Dasypus mexicanus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 25,954
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
The nine-banded armadillo, also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to South America. The Mexican long-nosed armadillo of North America was formerly treated as a subspecies of the nine-banded armadillo.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nine-banded armadillo”.