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NUMBER: 20210717
SPECIES: Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
DATE, TIME: 17 July 2021, 10:50 am
LOCALITY: ~100 m west of middle western shore of Baker Lake
LATITUDE, LONGITUDE: 26.10804, -81.96701
DISTRIBUTION: Native in Brazil but spread to Mexico when the central American bridge was established and later spread to SE USA, east central states, and now further north and south according to iNaturalist. Probably due to Global Warming since animal is very sensitive to cold. It is the most widespread species of armadillo. We report it in Tobago and Trinidad in the country of Trinidad and Tobago; and the USA states of Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio; and northern Kansas; most of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina (Table 1).

Table 1.
Country/State Location Latitude, Longitude iNaturalist Date

US/Illinois Urbana[2,3] 40.09312, -88.219003 177468026 09 Aug 2023
US/Iowa[4] Clive 41.6147, -93.823334 15782502 22 Aug 2018
US/Kansas Horton[3] 39.66716, -95.516975 91191766 14 Aug 2021
US/Kentucky Pit County[3] 35.775475, -77.249768 143991732 Apr 2022
“ Blue Ridge Parkway[2,3] 35.907807, -82.042644 70064532 Feb 2021
US/Michigan[4] Brown City 43.229824, -82.86464 14393203 15 Jul 2018
US/North Carolina Pitt County[3] 35.775475, -77.249768 143991732 Apr 2022
“ Rockingham County[3] 36.248181, -79.796196 198294188 Feb 2024
“ Union County[2,3] 34.977575, -80.498384 119398020 May 2022
US/Ohio[4] Mansfield 40.779405, -82.513812 97738744 11 May 2021

T & T[5]/ Trinidad[4] Aripo Savannas 10.610661, -61.186144 870371 27 Apr 2014
“/” Asa Wright 10.71789, -61.296293 9741268 16 Sep 2014
“/” Princes Township 10.108932, -61.193296 64955160 15 Nov 2020
“/” Sangre Grande 10.473556, -61.182298 108397702 09 Mar 2022
“/Tobago[4] - - - 11.28576, -60.607903 141746544 10 Nov 2022
“/” Mason Hall 11.201675, -60.705115 149136894 27 Jul 2016

1/5 11 10 years
[2]Representative of several adjacent records; [3]part of state record; [4]State Record; [5]Country Record Trinidad and Tobago

DANGER: The Nine-banded Armadillo can be naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and have been implicated in the zoonotic (animal to human) transmission of leprosy in the US states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida (Sharma et al., 2015; Truman et al., 2011). This also occurs in Mexico but has been less studied (Vera-Cabrera et al., 2022). Can jump 91-120 cm (3-4 ft) straight up, making it particularly dangerous on roads.
USE: Edible (taste like pork), huntable, but not very popular in USA. Leprosy research. Possible alternative food during Global Change.
OBSERVERS: Dr. Ernest H. Williams, Jr.[6,7,9,10] and Dr. Lucy Bunkley-Williams[6,8,9,11]
REFERENCES:
<>Sharma, R., P. Singh, W. J. Loughry, J. M. Lockhart, W. B. Inman, et al. 2015. Zoonotic leprosy in the southeastern United States. Emerging Infective Diseases 21: 2127–2134. 10.3201/eid2112.150501 [PMC free article] [PubMed] [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
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<>Vera-Cabrera, L., C. J. Ramos-Cavazos, N. A. Youssef, C. M. Pearce, C. A. Molina-Torres et al. 2022. Mycobacterium leprae infection in a wild Nine-banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico. Emerging Infective Diseases 28:747-749. doi: 10.3201/eid2803.211295.PMID: 35202538 Free PMC article.
<>Williams, E. H. and L. Bunkley-Williams. 2021. Further north (USA) and south (South America) Global Warming spreading of the Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus. iNaturalist #93168763, 31 August 2021 (open access) [600].
FOOTNOTES:
[1]Identification was peer-reviewed, text edited and sometimes condensed. The original text is in our reprint #937 and ResearchGate. [6]Extraordinary Professors, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South Africa; Adjunct Professors, Research Field Station, Florida Gulf Coast University, 5164 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34134; [7]Dept. Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico (retired); [8]Dept. Biology, UPR (retired); [9]920 St. Andrews Blvd, Naples, FL 34113-8943; [10]e-mail ermest.williams1@upr.edu; ORCID 0000-0003-0913-3013; [11]e-mail lucy.williams1@upr.edu, ORCID 0000-0003-1390-911x

Figure 1. Burrow deeply emersed in dense brush and trees.