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search Nine-banded armadillo Conservation status Scientific
classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class:
Mammalia Order: Cingulata Family: Dasypodidae Subfamily:
Dasypodinae Genus: Dasypus Species: D. novemcinctus Binomial
name Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 Common Long-nosed
Armadillo area.png Nine-banded armadillo range  The nine-banded
armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), or the nine-banded, long-nosed
armadillo, is a medium-sized mammal. It is found in North,
Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the
armadillos.[2] Its ancestors originated in South America, and
remained there until thousands of years later when 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[3][4] animal, found in
many kinds of habitats, from mature and s