🐾Nine-banded armadillo
The nine-banded armadillo, also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to South America. The Mexican long-nosed armadillo of North America was formerly treated as a subspecies of the nine-banded armadillo.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 3.95 kg
- Body length
- 0.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Nine-banded armadillo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.95 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass8.82 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation133 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 133 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.04 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.26 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Nine-banded armadillo yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCingulata
- ›familyDasypodidae
- ›genusDasypus
- ›speciesDasypus novemcinctus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCingulata
- familyDasypodidae
- genusDasypus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderCingulata
- familyDasypodidae
- genusDasypus
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