Nine-Banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cingulata
Family	Dasypodidae
Genus	Dasypus
Species	Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida: Suwannee

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2014.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States: N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Louisiana: S5 Secure
South Carolina: S5 Secure
North Carolina: S3 Vulnerable
Tennessee: S3 Vulnerable
Alabama: S5 Secure
Georgia: S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi: S5 Secure
Oklahoma: SNR Unranked
Kansas: S4 Apparently Secure
Florida: SNR Unranked
Texas: S5 Secure
New Mexico: S1 Critically Imperiled
Indiana: S5 Secure
Missouri: S4 Apparently Secure
Kentucky: S4 Apparently Secure
Arkansas: S5 Secure

Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Morris, T. & Butt, P.L. 1994. A re-survey of the population of the Squirrel Chimney (Florida) cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi), other species, and the condition of the environment within the Squirrel Chimney Cave system, Alachua County, Florida. Report prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 12 pp.

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2361. https://cavebiology.org/species/dasypus-novemcinctus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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