#0211 · 🦊 mammals
Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo
Dasypus mexicanus
📍 NW 246th Ave, Alachua, FL, US
📍 Vaquero Cove, Austin, TX, US
📍 Kimble, Texas, United States
📍 Scranton, IA, US
📍 Moss Bluff, LA, USA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © David Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. NW 246th Ave, Alachua, FL, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Vaquero Cove, Austin, TX, US:© Becky Brenner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Kimble, Texas, United States:© Missy McAllister-Kerr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Scranton, IA, US:© Ayrin Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Moss Bluff, LA, USA:© Audrey Witherington · 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.
- 38,976 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo
- scientific name
- Dasypus mexicanus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cingulata
- family
- Dasypodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 38,976
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dasypodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1647419, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.