"It was widely accepted that the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus ... a robust, dome-shaped skull, and an additional bone in its spine. Researchers studied genetic data and physical traits to ...

Her doctoral research focused on Euphractus sexcinctus, aka the yellow, or six-banded, armadillo (above), whose courtship rituals she has observed and filmed. In the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil ...

There are around 20 species of armadillo, but only the nine-banded armadillo is found in the U.S. This post from rwpzoo shares two of the four nine-banded armadillo pups that mom, Patsy ...