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

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 / Wild male Jaguar (Panthera onca) standing above recently killed Nine banded armadillo (Dasyspus novemcinctus) Amazonia, Brazil

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

John Cancalosi / Nine banded armadillo {Dasyspus novemcinctus} USA.

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

Nick Gordon / Nine banded armadillo. (Dasyspus novemcinctus) Brazil

PAULA COULTER / Nine banded armadillo with young, USA

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

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo in field of Bluebonnets (Dasyspus novemcinctus) USA

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

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo close up of nine bands (Dasyspus novemcinctus)

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo in burrow (Dasyspus novemcinctus) USA

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