armadillo
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The nine-banded armadillo, which depends heavily on smell, has a very large limbic system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Keepers of the six-banded armadillo pair, native to South America, celebrated the milestone on Monday.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Her collection of animals could outnumber her children and included a wandering armadillo that broke up tea parties and a pet hawk that once landed on the wig of a politician’s wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
The transmission mechanism between zoonotic reservoirs and susceptible individuals is unknown, but it is strongly suspected that direct contact with an infected armadillo poses a significant risk of developing leprosy.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
As a matter of fact, she was more like an armadillo.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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
Meanwhile, though giant anteaters have successfully been released back into the wild, giant armadillos are extremely threatened.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
"Animals like sloths and armadillos came north, while horses, tapirs, bears and elephants went south," said study co-author Bruce MacFadden, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
In Hardin County, Texas, for example, opossums, armadillos, and an abundant raccoon population virtually disappeared after the chemical was laid down.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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