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

Rolf Nussbaumer / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in wildflower meadow standing on hind legs, scent detecting, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA

Gabriel Rojo / Nine banded armadillo {Dasyspus novemcinctus} Chaco habitat, Argentina

Norbert Wu / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) mammal with hard shell, burrows quickly, Florida

Dong Lei / Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus), two on rock ledge. Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. August.

Luke Massey / Close-up of 7 banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus) skin and hairs, Pantanal, Brazil.

Robin Chittenden / Bronze glandular bush-cricket (Bradyporus dasypus), Romania. April.

Kristel Richard / Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) walking in grass, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Aflo / Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus) adult feeding chicks at nest. Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, September.

Sean Crane / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) on alert, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refruge, Florida

Scott Leslie / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia, USA, March.