Nine-banded armadillo

Description:

Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armor shell. The Dasypodidae are the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo means "little armored one" in Spanish.

Habitat:

The nine-banded armadillo is a solitary, mainly nocturnal animal, found in many kinds of habitats, from mature and secondary rainforests to grassland and dry scrub. Seen in mountain terrane at Rancho Naturalista. Primary pre-montane Caribbean slope rainforest at 2970ft (900m)