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Armadillos live on carrion, insects and fruit. They are all small, except for the Gigantic armadillo which can weigh over 100 pounds. Their head and body is covered with plates made of bones and scales.

Six-banded armadillo

Armadillos live on carrion, insects and fruit. They are all small, except for the Gigantic armadillo…

The armadillos have scaly skin for protection; some have also the power of rolling themselves into a ball, still further securing safety.

Armadillo

The armadillos have scaly skin for protection; some have also the power of rolling themselves into a…

The limbs are short and strong, as are also the claws , and the animals have a great aptitude for digging and burrowing.

Armadillo

The limbs are short and strong, as are also the claws , and the animals have a great aptitude for digging…

This armadillo is found exclusively in South America.

Armadillo

This armadillo is found exclusively in South America.

Armadillos are native to South America and are classed with the edentata or toothless animals.

Armadillo

Armadillos are native to South America and are classed with the edentata or toothless animals.

An Armadillo

Armadillo

An Armadillo

"In this carapace covers the body above and low down on the sides, but leaves the belly unprotected; the bands across the back are twelve to fourteen. It is the largest of the family, being three feet three inches long, with a tail nearly half the length of the body; its head is very small; its ears are of a moderate size, pointed, and habitually crouched backward." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Giant Tatou

"In this carapace covers the body above and low down on the sides, but leaves the belly unprotected;…

"The central bands are usually six, but the number varies, Its size is nearly that of a woodchuck, being fourteen or sixeen inches long, but the form is flatter and more tortoise-like. It has, like the rest of its brethren, little stupid eyes, and a keen-scented nose, sharp quick-hearing ears." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Six Banded Armadillo

"The central bands are usually six, but the number varies, Its size is nearly that of a woodchuck, being…

Found from Texas to Brazil. Being sixeen inches long and the ail being fourteen inches.

Tatou Peba

Found from Texas to Brazil. Being sixeen inches long and the ail being fourteen inches.

"Tolypeutes. It is about fifteen inches long, and having the faculty of rolling itself into a ball, is called <em>Belita</em>, or Little Ball, by the Spaniards. This is in fact its usual mode of escape or defense, as the animal doe snot burrow, and has not sufficient speed for flight." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Mataco

"Tolypeutes. It is about fifteen inches long, and having the faculty of rolling itself into a ball,…

"The animal of this genus are the smallest of the armadillos, and their covering is more simple in its construction than that of any others." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Chlamphorus

"The animal of this genus are the smallest of the armadillos, and their covering is more simple in its…

"It is about three and a half feet long, the tail one foot nine inches. It has a long callous snout like a hog, a small mouth, and a slender tounge; this being covered with glutinous saliva, the animal licks up the ants on which it feeds." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Aardvark

"It is about three and a half feet long, the tail one foot nine inches. It has a long callous snout…

"Its head is small, pointed, and conic; muzzle elongated and narrow; body rather stout; tail short and very broad at its base; dorsal scales disposed in longitudinal rows to the number of eleven; under part of the body, head, and feet naked; some long fair-colored hairs spring from under the scales; the middle claw of the fore-feet exceeds the others in its proportions." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Indian Pangolin

"Its head is small, pointed, and conic; muzzle elongated and narrow; body rather stout; tail short and…

An odd looking armadillo.

Armadillo

An odd looking armadillo.

The three banded armadillo.

Armadillo

The three banded armadillo.

Armadillo rolled into a ball for defense.

Armadillo

Armadillo rolled into a ball for defense.

"Glyptodon (Glyptodon clavipes). The typical and best-known genus of the family Glyptodontidae; the long-tailed fossil armadillos or glyptodons, with 5 toes on the hind feet and 4 on the fore, the fifth digit of which is wanting." -Whitney, 1911

Glyptodon

"Glyptodon (Glyptodon clavipes). The typical and best-known genus of the family Glyptodontidae; the…

An illustration of a pichiciago, a small burrowing armadillo. The front half of the animal is covered in the endoskeleton. The back half of the animal is stripped of the outer skeleton so that the exoskeleton or dermoskeleton can be viewed. The scientific name of the pichiciago is <i>Chlamydophorus truncatus</i>.

Armadillo - Endoskeleton and Exoskeleton or Dermoskeleton

An illustration of a pichiciago, a small burrowing armadillo. The front half of the animal is covered…