Armadillo Facts: LEPROSY in a BALL?! | Animal Fact Files

Did you know that an armadillo can give you leprosy? Of course, there's a lot more to these little mammals than that. An armadillo can roll up into a ball for defense, and there are multiple armadillo species! Learn more armadillo facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Order - Cingulata
Range: North America and South America
Habitat: Rainforests, grasslands, wetlands, and deserts
Size: 6 inches - 3.3 feet (15.24cm-1m) long
Diet: Insects, fruit, seeds, and carrion
Threats: Wild cats, domestic dogs, birds of prey, and humans
Life span: Up to fifteen years

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[chaoticfish]

Are armadillos and echidna related?
Also I don't know if I've asked this before but could you do a video about the armadillo girlded lizard

[htfcm]

I was jogging last week at like 5 am and an armadillo hauled ass right across from me and scared the shit outta me.

[firewilson]

I saw one yesterday on the show dual survival. Sadly the little creature was all they had to eat. Poor little dear saved two people from starving and I discovered how cute the animal is

[indyreno]

An armadillo is any mammal representing the family Dasypodidae, the only extant family of the order Cingulata, there are over 22 extant species placed into nine genera and four subfamilies

Taxonomy:
• Family: Dasypodidae (Armadillos)
•• Subfamily: Chlamyphorinae (Fairy Armadillos)
••• Genus: Calyptophractus (Greater Fairy Armadillo)
•••• Species: Calyptophractus Retusus (Greater Fairy Armadillo)
••• Genus: Chlamyphorus (Pink Fairy Armadillo)
•••• Species: Chlamyphorus Truncatus (Pink Fairy Armadillo)
•• Subfamily: Dasypodinae (Long-Nosed Armadillos and Fossil Relatives)
••• Genus: Dasypus (Long-Nosed Armadillos)
•••• Species: Dasypus Kappleri (Greater Long-Nosed Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Mazzai (Lesser Long-Nosed Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Sabanicola (Northern Long-Nosed Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Hybridus (Southern Long-Nosed Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Pilosus (Woolly Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Septemcinctus (Seven-Banded Armadillo)
•••• Species: Dasypus Novemcinctus (Nine-Banded Armadillo)
•• Subfamily: Tolypeutinae (Three-Banded Armadillos, Giant Armadillo, and Naked-Tailed Armadillos)
••• Tribe: Tolypeutini (Three-Banded Armadillos and Fossil Relatives)
•••• Genus: Tolypeutes (Three-Banded Armadillos)
••••• Species: Tolypeutes Tricinctus (Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo)
••••• Species: Tolypeutes Matacus (La Plata Three-Banded Armadillo)
••• Tribe: Priodontini (Giant Armadillo and Naked-Tailed Armadillos)
•••• Genus: Priodontes (Giant Armadillo)
••••• Species: Priodontes Maximus (Giant Armadillo)
•••• Genus: Cabassous (Naked-Tailed Armadillos)
••••• Species: Cabassous Tatouay (Greater Naked-Tailed Armadillo)
••••• Species: Cabassous Chacoensis (Chacoan Naked-Tailed Armadillo)
••••• Species: Cabassous Centralis (Northern Naked-Tailed Armadillo)
••••• Species: Cabassous Unicinctus (Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo)
•• Subfamily: Euphractinae (Six-Banded Armadillos, Dwarf Armadillo, and Hairy Armadillos)
••• Tribe: Euphractini (Six-Banded Armadillos and Fossil Relatives)
•••• Genus: Euphractus (Six-Banded Armadillos)
••••• Species: Euphractus Sexcinctus (Northern Six-Banded Armadillo)
••••• Species: Euphractus Tucumanus (Southern Six-Banded Armadillo)
••• Tribe: Zaedyini (Dwarf Armadillo and Hairy Armadillos)
•••• Genus: Zaedyus (Dwarf Armadillo)
••••• Species: Zaedyus Pichiy (Dwarf Armadillo)
•••• Genus: Chaetophractus (Hairy Armadillos)
••••• Species: Chaetophractus Villosus (Big Hairy Armadillo)
••••• Species: Chaetophractus Vellerosus (Screaming Hairy Armadillo)
••••• Species: Chaetophractus Nationi (Andean Hairy Armadillo)

[Name-eguf]

Its like a hybrid between a hare and a tortoise in a way

[eunaekim]

In the United States, if you have leprosy, it's pretty much guaranteed that you got it from an armadillo!

[sxyslyvxn]

Who said armadillos and pangolins aren't related? I consider them 'kindred spirits'

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armadillo cant jump 4 feet according chat GPT

[bobrodriguez]

Hi guys :D what is the next animal idea?