Dont you love these critters? They are so much fun to watch... this little guy was in Knox County, Texas and he appears to have lost his tail somehow. The other one was in Baylor County. Every once in a while I get to watch one in our yard...digging, rooting and generally making a mess out of my well manicured lawn. Hahahaa...thats a lie. My yard is solid weeds. Dig away, little man! Fun Fact: Texas designated the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) as the official state small mammal in 1995. A distant cousin of the sloth and the anteater, the nine-banded armadillo is the only species that occurs in North America. A bony, scaled shell protects the armadillo from predators. Originally native to South America, the nine-banded armadillo now ranges as far north as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Louisiana. The other twenty or so armadillo species remain in Central and South America.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 20:52:03 +0000
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