Mark Payne-Gill / Three banded armadillo {Tolypeutes tricinctus} walking Captive, UK

Mark Payne-Gill / Three banded armadillo {Tolypeutes tricinctus} uncurling from defensive ball

Luke Massey / Seven banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus) Pantanal, Brazil.

Daniel Heuclin / Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa

Kevin Schafer / Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus), adult female standing and sniffing air. Pantanal, Brazil, October.

Daniel Heuclin / Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) Gran Chaco, Bolivia. captive

Mark Bowler / Sequence of a Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) unrolling from defensive ball posture to walking. Captive.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) walking in profile. Captive. Endemic to Brazil. 6 of 6.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) rolled up in defensive posture. Captive. Endemic to Brazil.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) unrolling. Captive. Endemic to Brazil. 4 of 6.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) about to roll-up, against a white background. Captive. Endemic to Brazil.

Bence Mate / Jacare / Yacare caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) with young armadillo prey ib its jaws. Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 3/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010