The Alaskan armadillo, otherwise known as Dasypus vae, has always made its home in some of the coldest climates known to man and is currently on the endangered species list.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference

Of armadilloes three species occur, namely, the Dasypus minutus or pichy, the D. villosus or peludo, and the apar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference

Two species of sloths (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus didactylus) and the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) are common here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests] Reference

There are no endemic birds restricted to the llanos ecoregion, and only two mammals: the marsupial Monodelphis orinoci and the edentate Dasypus sabanicola.    From Wordnik.com.  [Llanos] Reference

Notable among mammals are the ratón marsupial (Lestos inca) and the añuje de altura (Dasyprocta kalinowsky), as well as the sachacabra (Pudu mephistopheles) and the armadillo peludo (Dasypus pilosus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Peruvian Yungas] Reference

Three species of ant-eaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Cyclopes didactylus, and Tamandua tetradactyla), armadillos (Dasypus spp.), and deer (Mazama gouazoubira and M. americana) also inhabit this region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Solimões-Japurá moist forest] Reference

As is the case with plants, the hotspot also holds a number of more widespread mammal species, including the jaguar (Panthera onca), Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii, EN), the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), and the olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii).    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena] Reference

The armadillo (Dasypus) belongs to the order of Edentata.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference

When it is required to train dogs to hunt the nocturnal armadillo (Dasypus villosus), then this deep-rooted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

Even for the common armadillo (Dasypus villosus) it was a season of affluence, for this creature is very adroit in capturing mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

I do not know of a more striking instance in the animal kingdom of adaptation of structure to habit than is afforded by the hairy armadillo -- Dasypus villosus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

Darwin describes another, living on very dry soil, the pechy (Dasypus minutus), which wanders by day over the open plains, and feeds on beetles, leaves, roots, and even small snakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference

Other large mammals include white-lipped peccaries (Tayassus pecari), collared peccaries (T. tajacu), pumas (Puma concolor), panthers (Panthera onca), tapir (Tapirus terrestris), brocket deer (Mazama spp.), opossums, such as the woolly opossum (Caluromys philander), and Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillos (Dasypus septemcinctus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests] Reference

The scaly cuirass of an armadillo (Dasypus), the fruit of the Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete), used as a cup by the natives, productions common in the cabinets of Europe, had a peculiar charm for us, because they reminded us that, having reached the torrid zone, we had attained the end to which our wishes had been so long directed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference

Other mammals that are found only in this ecoregion, or in few other places, include an armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus, bats (Platyrrhinus recifinus, Natalus stramineus, and Molossops greenhalli), primates such as marmosets (Callithrix argentatado), tamarins (Saguinus midas), night monkeys (Aotus infulatus), and savanna foxes (Cerdocyon thous).    From Wordnik.com.  [Marajó varzea] Reference

Mammal species found in this highly diverse ecoregion include pacas (Agouti paca), primates such as black mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), Geoffrey's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus), brown-throated three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus), silky anteaters (Cyclopes didactylus) and nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcintus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves] Reference

(Canis dirus); sabertooth cat (Smilodon fatalis); American Scimitar cat (Homotherium serum); giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis); beautiful armadillo (Dasypus bellus); American camel.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScrippsNews] Reference

Armadillo, Nine-banded Dasypus novemcinctus 292.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Dasypus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Dasypus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Dasypus igcinctus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Dasypus, three species of, 100.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference