armadillo
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Keepers of the six-banded armadillo pair, native to South America, celebrated the milestone on Monday.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Disneyland regulars who go on the ride multiple times will also become familiar with Lari the armadillo, a good-natured thief who appears multiple times throughout the ride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
Today, there are only three survivors: the nine-banded armadillo, the Virginia opossum and the North American porcupine.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
Eating armadillo meat is not a clear cause of leprosy, but capturing and raising armadillos, along with preparing its meat, are risk factors.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Laika, knowing the phrase, clenched herself into a tightened armadillo.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Mr. Kneale could have added to his list of creatures with which Floridians are willing to coexist: sharks, raccoons, armadillos, possums, rattlesnakes and bugs of every variety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
A zoo has marked the 19th birthday of a pair of armadillos this week.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
The creature is related to current armadillos, anteaters and sloths, though in contrast to some of its relatives, Mylodon did not burrow or climb trees.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Animals such as capybaras and giant armadillos that wouldn't have ventured farther north used this strip of humid grassland to move from Mexico to Texas to Florida.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
What if the small armadillos of today had arisen from a giant ancestral armadillo?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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