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Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Description:

Florida armadillo brown hard shell Pretty much a shelled opossum

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Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus Land Mammals - Armadillo


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1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Armadillos and Opossums are actually quite different. Besides the difference in appearance, they don't share much except the fact that they are both mammals and can live in some similar areas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-banded...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_op...

nburns40
Spotted by
nburns40

Orlando, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 19, 2012
Submitted on Jul 19, 2012

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