armadillos

An enclosure for three-banded armadillos within the Sato Centre at the zoo.

An enclosure for six-banded armadillos at Northumberland Country Zoo, found within the Hot House.

This enclosure is found within the zoo's nocturnal house, named Twilight. It seemed empty and I forgot to note what species of armadillo it was but six-banded armadillos were kept elsewhere in the zoo, so I'm guessing this was their old enclosure.

The website of the IUCN - Sloth, Anteater and Armadillo Specialist Group may be of interest to zoochatters. The site has a lengthy bibliography, accounts of all Xenarthan species, conservation issues related to this mammal group and relevant scientific / conservation news is posted regularly...

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...

Sounds like a punk band! But in all seriousness, does anyone know where in the UK armadillos of any species are kept? They are my younger son William's favourite animal (he's 6 years old), and so far he's only ever seen stuffed ones in museums. We've been to Chessington and to Regents Park...