#0422 · 🦊 mammals
Southern Long-nosed Armadillo
🇳🇱 Negenbandig Gordeldier ·Dasypus novemcinctus
📍 Parque do Estado, São Paulo - SP, 04301-902, Brasil 
📍 Rio de Janeiro, BR-RJ, BR
📍 Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3897 - Instituto de Botânica - Parque do Estado, São Paulo - SP, Brasil
📍 秘魯保卡坦博省
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © javierluque89 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Martin Klippel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Matias Ian Popoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Martin Klippel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Christian Daniel Martinez Rodriguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Fernando Igor de Godoy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Parque do Estado, São Paulo - SP, 04301-902, Brasil :© Bruno Henrique Aranda · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Rio de Janeiro, BR-RJ, BR:© gabrielwertman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3897 - Instituto de Botânica - Parque do Estado, São Paulo - SP, Brasil:© Fellipe Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 秘魯保卡坦博省:© rainbowli · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The nine-banded armadillo ( Dasypus novemcinctus ), or the nine-banded, long-nosed armadillo , is a medium-sized mammal found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos. Its ancestors originated in South America, and remained there until the formation of the Isthmus of Panama allowed them to enter North America as part of the Great American Interchange. The nine-banded armadillo is a solitary, mainly nocturnal animal, found in many kinds of habitats, from mature...
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.
- 2,740 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Southern Long-nosed Armadillo
- Nederlands
- Negenbandig Gordeldier
- scientific name
- Dasypus novemcinctus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cingulata
- family
- Dasypodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,740
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dasypodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47075, Wikidata Q649549, GBIF 2440779, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.