“We finally got the whole picture,” Delsuc said. The nine-banded armadillo was actually four distinct species lumped together, according to a study published June 22 in the peer-reviewed ...

There are around 20 species of armadillo, but only the nine-banded armadillo is found in the U.S. This post from rwpzoo ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of the extinct armadillo genus Parutaetus from fossilized osteoderms found in the Paraná state of southern Brazil. Named Parutaetus oliveirai ...

She’s spent years studying three of the 20 species of armadillos. Her doctoral research focused on Euphractus sexcinctus, aka the yellow, or six-banded, armadillo (above), whose courtship ...