? Armadillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Dasypodidae Gray, 1821
Genera
Chlamyphorus Cabassous Chaetophractus Dasypus Euphractus Priodontes Tolypeutes Zaedyus This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include... Jump to: navigation, search Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Placentalia Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes (extinct) Primates Proboscidea... Families Myrmecophagidae Megalonychidae Bradypodidae Dasypodidae The order Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Edward Gray. ...

This page is about the animal. For the NES video game, see Armadillo (video game). "The Armadillo" is also a nickname for the Clyde Auditorium in Scotland

Armadillos are any of several small mammals of the family Dasypodidae, mostly known for having a bony armor shell. Their average size is about 75 centimeters (30 inches), including tail. All species are native to the American continents, where they inhabit a variety of environments. In the United States, the sole resident armadillo is the 9-banded armadillo, which is most common in the central southern states, particularly Texas. Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... Armadillo is the name of an NES video game, made by IGS in 1991. ... Jump to: navigation, search Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Placentalia Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes (extinct) Primates Proboscidea... Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ... cm redirects here, alternate uses: cm (disambiguation) A centimetre (symbol cm; American spelling: centimeter) is an SI unit of length. ... ...

The armadillo is a placental mammal of the order Xenarthra, related to the anteater. There are several species of armadillo, mainly distinguished by how many bands they have on their armor. It is a prolific digger, and uses its sharp claws to burrow both to feed on grubs and to dig dens in moist soil near the creeks, streams, and arroyos near which it generally lives and feeds. Its diet consists mainly of insects, grubs, and other invertebrates. Human placenta shown a few minutes after birth. ... Families Myrmecophagidae Megalonychidae Bradypodidae Dasypodidae The order Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. ... Genera Myrmecophaga Tamandua Cyclopes Anteaters are mammals of the order Xenarthra and the family Myrmecophagidae, commonly known for eating ants and termites. ... Grub or GRUB can mean: a slang term for food a beetle larva that resembles a worm a distributed commercial search engine: see Grub (search engine) a number of places in Switzerland, Austria and Germany, such as: Grub, canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Switzerland Grub, Germany for the GNU project... An arroyo is a dry creek bed or gulch that fills with water either seasonally, or after a heavy rain. ... Jump to: navigation, search Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (walking... Invertebrate is a term coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to describe any animal without a spinal column. ...

The main defense of all armadillos is an armor-like outer skin. They are made up of small, overlapping scales called scutes. Nevertheless, the survival tactics of the different subspecies of armadillo vary widely. When threatened by a predator, the South American 3-banded armadillo will roll up into a ball. The North American 9-banded armadillo tends to jump straight in the air when surprised, and consequently often smacks itself into the undercarriage of cars passing over it. A scute (Latin scutum, shield) is a horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake. ... Jump to: navigation, search This snapping turtle is trying to make a meal of a Canada goose, but the goose is too wary. ...

Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mice, are the only known non-human animal species' that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae). Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the infectious disease also known as Hansens disease. ... Jump to: navigation, search MICE is an acronym for: Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego, four factors by which spies may be recruited. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Microphotograph of Mycobacterium leprae taken from a skin lesion. ...

The 9-banded armadillos also serve science through their unusual reproductive system, in which four identical quadruplets are born in each clutch of armadillos. Because they are always identical, the group of four armadillos provide good subjects for scientific, behavioral, or medical tests that need consistent biological and genetic makeup in the testees. This phenomenon of multiple identical birth, called polyembryony, only manifests in the genus dasypus, not all armadillos as is commonly believed.

The armadillo was, with some resistance, made the state small mammal of Texas[1]where it is considered a pest.

Family Dasypodidae

• Subfamily Chlamyphorinae
  • Pink Fairy Armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus
  • Pichiciego, Chlamyphorus retusus
• Subfamily Dasypodinae
  • Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis
  • Cabassous chacoensis
  • Cabassous unicinctus
  • Tatouay, Cabassous tatouay
  • Little Hairy armadillo or Screaming Hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus
  • Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
  • Chaetophractus nationi
  • Nine-banded Armadillo or Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
  • Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus
  • Dasypus hybridus
  • Dasypus sabanicola
  • Dasypus kappleri
  • Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus pilosus
  • Six-banded Armadillo or Yellow Armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus
  • Giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus
  • Southern Three-banded Armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
  • Three-banded Armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus
  • Pichi or Dwarf Armadillo, Zaedyus pichiy

One prehistoric relative of the armadillo is the glyptodon, which became extinct in the Pleistocene epoch, around 12,000 years ago. Binomial name Chlamyphorus truncatus Harlan, 1825 The pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is a species of armadillo (small mammals of the family Dasypodidae, mostly known for having a bony armor shell). ... Binomial name Priodontes giganteus Kerr, 1792 The Giant armadillo, known by the binomial name Priodontes maximus, and its synonym Priodontes giganteus, is the largest species of armadillo. ... Genera Chlamyphorus Cabassous Chaetophractus Dasypus Euphractus Priodontes Tolypeutes Zaedyus Armadillo is also the name of an NES video game. ... Glyptodon (Greek for grooved or carved tooth) was a relative of the armadillo that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale, usually dated as 1. ...

Morphology of the armadillo skeleton

View 3D computed tomographic (CT) animations of the armadillo skeleton at DigiMorph.org

Reference

• Texas State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots.

External links

• Giant Pillbug: The Armadillo Fanlisting
• Armadillo Online
• Armadillos.info
• The Handbook of Texas Online: Armadillo