Common Name
Nine-banded Armadillo
Order
Cingulata
Family
Dasypodidae
Species Name
Dasypus novemcinctus
Status
least concern
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Distribution
NM, CO, TX, OK, NE, KS, MO, AR, LA, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC
Notes
Range has spread north & east since 1900 and still expanding. Always born in litters of 4 identical (same sex) quadruplets. Covered by bony plates. Nocturnal, but may be out on cloudy days. Capable of carrying leprosy bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae.