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

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

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.

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

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

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Roland Seitre / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Florida

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) walking, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

David Welling / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) foraging at night. Starr County, Texas, USA, April.

Donald M. Jones / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) standing on hind legs, Sarasota, Florida

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) digging in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in forest understory, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Philip Dalton / Peruvian girl holding Nine banded armadilo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Peru

Gerrit Vyn / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) drinking from a water hole. Willacy County, Texas

Claudio Contreras / Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Labna, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Albert Lleal / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) held by farmer in his corn field, El Salvador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Nine-banded Armadillo {Dasypus novemcinctus} digging for food, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Nick Gordon / Nine banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Nine banded armadillo (Dasyspus novemcinctus), Brazil, South America

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in grass, Pantanal, largest contiguous wetland system in the world, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in grass, Pantanal, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) swimming through wetland, Pantanal ecosystem, Brazil

Norbert Wu / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) portrait, Florida

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

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

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) roadkill, Sapelo Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Kevin Schafer / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Pantanal, Brazil

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo (Dasyspus novemcinctus) swimming, USA

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo (Dasyspus novemcinctus) juvenile, USA

PAULA COULTER / Nine banded armadillo (Dasyspus novemcinctus) on rocks in landscape, USA

Roland Seitre / Common long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) standing upright on hind legs, Circle B Bar, Lakeland, Florida, USA. February.

Roland Seitre / Common long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) portrait, Circle B Bar, Lakeland, Florida, USA. February.

Roland Seitre / Common long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) portrait, Circle B Bar, Lakeland, Florida, USA. February.

Fernando Faciole / Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) standing on its hind legs in Pantanal wetlands. Transpantaneira Highway, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Paul Bertner / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Manu National Park, Peru

Donald M. Jones / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) carcass, Florida