armadillos are wonderful! they are new world placental mammals in the order cingulata with a leathery armour shell
armadillos are a weird looking animal, prehistoric looking
yea and the world armadillo means "little armoured one" in spanish
the name perfectly fits them
yea in the portuguese word for "armadillo" is "tatu" which dervives from the tupi language.
what does tatu mean, armoured?
no it means armadill :) .. there are about nine extant genera and 21 extant speicies of armadillo that have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of brands on their armour
once in awhile I see a dead one on the side of the road