West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo
Dasypus fenestratus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,334
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Description
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), 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. The nine-banded armadillo is a solitary, mainly nocturnal animal, found in many kinds of habitats, from mature and secondary rainforests to grassland and dry scrub.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nine-banded armadillo”.