#0401 · 🦊 mammals
West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo
Dasypus fenestratus
📍 Antioquia, CO
📍 Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica
📍 Gamboa, Colón Province, Panama
📍 855V+76J, Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica
📍 Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica
📍 Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador
📍 Puntarenas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © johnmeikle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Juan Manuel de Roux · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Danielsanchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Antioquia, CO:© Andres Camilo Gomez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica:© Viktor · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Gamboa, Colón Province, Panama:© infinity2024 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 855V+76J, Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica:© isalukis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica:© Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador:© Edison Araguillin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Puntarenas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica:© avocat · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The nine-banded armadillo ( Dasypus novemcinctus ), also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common long-nosed armadillo , is a species of armadillo native to North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos. They superficially resemble pangolins, though the two are not closely related; they have undergone convergent evolution.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,055 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- West Andean Long-nosed Armadillo
- scientific name
- Dasypus fenestratus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cingulata
- family
- Dasypodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,055
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dasypodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1647420, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.