Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Armadillo

 
Animals Unique | Armadillo | The armadillo is native to both North America and South America, although only one species of Armadillo is found in the United States.The average armadillo measures around 75cm in length, Including the tail but the giant armadillo can grow to more than 1.5m long and the miniature pink fairy armadillo (the smallest species of armadillo) only gets to around 10cm in length.There are around 20 species of armadillo still existent on the American continent with the nine-banded armadillo being the only species found outside of the South American Tropics.