armadillo

Taken on 23/03/2024

Euphractus sexcinctus. Also known as: Yellow armadillo. Location: Walled Garden.

Do note that this image was taken on December 30th, 2023 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Rock Creek Park, Washington D.C, USA.

I was wondering, are the three-banded armadillos in zoos in the U.S. southern three-banded armadillos or Brazilian three-banded armadillos?

So we got a couple of nine-banded armadillos a while back. They lived on a terrible diet at their last home (yoghurt and banana, because "they wouldn't eat anything else"). I got them on a more carnivorous diet, increasing their weight and giving them better stool. Currently, we give them the...

Hello all, I'll cut right to the chase. This list will be for holders of anteaters, armadillos, sloths, and tamanduas in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. I took a lot of inspiration from @IndianRhino's Primates of North America thread, so thank you for that. I got this information from...

Taken April 21 2022

In Night Hunters, June 18

They were free roaming in the zoo, big hairy armadillo to be exact

Large hairy armadillo to be exact, my first time seeing an armadillo and I could actually pet it!

Taken July 9 2020

Hey all, first post here. I'm working on a project to reduce the amount of pacing our 3-Banded Armadillo preforms throughout the day. I've thought up of a few new enrichment idea for him to be implemented, but I wanted to see if you guys had any interesting ideas we could also try out? He is...

Euphractus sexcinctus. Enclosure in Walled Garden.

The sign merely says "Dasypus sp." However, I counted the bands, and it's safe to say it's a nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Tolypeutes matacus. Upper viewing area, Chimp house.

Tolypeutes matacus. Upper viewing area, Chimp house.

In 2005, the ZOO's nocturnal house, dating from 1969, was revamped. This is an enclosure with the lights on. This cave is connected to the enclosure that can be seen in the previous pictures. Often there are no animals to be seen in here. I saw a sugar glider in here last year, but they moved out.

3-banded armadillo. This was the best picture I could take of this hyperactive turtle-rabbit!