Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Nine-banded Armadillo

Simon Fitzwilliam and Raoul K. Boughton

Release Date: 7/31/2024

Reviewed At: 7/13/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw456-2019

Natural Resources

Abstract

Learn more about nine-banded armadillos! The Wildlife of Florida Factsheet series was created to provide the public with a quick accurate introduction to Florida’s wildlife, including both native and invasive. We hope these fact sheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida.

About this Publication

This document is WEC411, one of a series of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2019. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Simon Fitzwilliam, former biologist; and Raoul K. Boughton, former assistant professor and Extension rangeland wildlife specialist Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona FL 33865.

How to Cite

Fitzwilliam, S., & Boughton, R. K. (2019). Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Nine-banded Armadillo. EDIS, 2019(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw456-2019

Authors

Raoul Boughton

senior research ecologist, The Mosaic Company, former assistant professor and Extension rangeland wildlife specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Simon Fitzwilliam

former biologist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona FL

Contacts

E. Hance Ellington

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

range wildlife specialist and assistant professor, Ph.D., Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

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