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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCingulataDasypodidaeDasypus

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

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2014.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

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

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.

How to cite this account

Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2361. https://cavebiology.org/species/dasypus-novemcinctus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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