armadillo

The nine-banded armadillo, which depends heavily on smell, has a very large limbic system.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Two rare snow leopard cubs have been born at the park, alongside Himalayan monals and red deer, as well as Bru the capybara, Snoot the giant armadillo and Atty the sloth at Edinburgh Zoo.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s not a lazy river or an interactive armadillo zoo, but it’s a start.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025

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

“This is an armadillo, I think. You can vote for him if you want. His name is.. . Joe. Joe the Armadillo. He’s brown, and has four legs, and this shell thingy. . . .”

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

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 reverse trek was made by four different kinds of ground sloths, oversized armadillos, terror birds, capybaras and even a marsupial.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

Armed with sturdy exoskeletons, these ancient arthropods curled up like armadillos to avoid predators or dangerous environmental conditions on the seafloor.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Giant-plated armadillos once roamed in the very valley where small armadillos were now moving through the brush.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee