Armadillo Facts Review

The armadillo is from North America and South America, if only one type of armadillo found in the United States.

The average armadillo measures about 75 cm long, including the tail, but the giant armadillo has more than 1.5 m long and the pink fairy armadillo thumbnail (the smaller armadillo species) will only grow to about 10 cm long.

There are about 20 species of armadillo still existing in the Americas with the nine-banded armadillo, the only species outside the tropics of South America.

Armadillo has a hard outer shell and can be rolled into a ball may be soft body parts at risk (a bit like a louse). The Armadillo has long claws, which undermines the armadillo to dig and hunt insects in the soil used.

Although strangely armadillo \ 's, most armadillos can reach a top speed of almost 30 mph as readily escape most predators rainforest. Armadillo primary predators are bears, wolves, wild cats and pumas.

The armadillo has very poor vision, which makes the armadillo something vulnerable in their jungle environment. Armor The Armadillo \ 's consists of bony plates in relatively small scales that overlap. Armadillo scale known as shields and these signals are made of bone cover of the horn.

The armadillo has an additional armor than the top of the head, the upper parts of Armadillo \ 's legs and armadillo \' s the tail covered. The bottom of the armadillo has no armor, and is easily exposed with soft skin, skin, making it the strategy \ 's curling up in a ball just leave armor plates covered.

The armadillo is an insectivore generally means that the armadillo's diet consists mainly of insects. Armadillos also snack on other things like worms, spiders, snakes and frogs, although the exact diet of armadillo is very dependent on the area where you live.

Female armadillos give birth around four young people who were born after a gestation period of three to four months. Armadillos baby after birth, remain in the cave for a few months, only feed your breast milk. Then you start with feeding mother, eventually leaving after six months to a year. Some species of armadillo play every year are known, so that a single female armadillo can produce up to 56 young people during his life.

Armadillo Facts

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Cingulata

Family: Dasypodidae

Genre: Dasypus

Scientific name: Dasypodidae

Type: Mammal

Diet: Omnivorous

Size (L): 36 cm - 75 cm (14 inches - 30 inches)

Weight: 4 kg - 30 kg (€ 9 - £ 66)

The maximum speed 48 kmh (30 mph)

Life 4-12 Years

Lifestyle: Solitary

Conservation status: Vulnerable

Color: pink, gray, black

Skin type: Boney Plates

Food: insects

Habitat: forests and meadows

Average litter size: 4

Main prey: insects, ants, termites

Predators: bear, wolf, coyote

Special features: armored-plated skin and can roll into a ball