What is Nine-banded armadillo?
{{Taxobox | name = Nine-banded armadillo | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008 | assessors = IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group | year = 2008 | id = 6290 | title = Dasypus novemcinctus | downloaded = 30 December 2008}}</ref> | trend = up | image = Armadillo2.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Cingulata]] | familia = [[Dasypodidae]] | subfamilia = [[Dasypodinae]] | genus = ''[[Dasypus]]'' | species = '''''D. novemcinctus''''' | binomial = ''Dasypus novemcinctus'' | binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | range_map = Common Long-nosed Armadillo area.png | range_map_caption = Nine-banded armadillo range }} The '''nine-banded armadillo''' (''Dasypus novemcinctus''), or the '''nine-banded, long-nosed armadillo''', is a species of [[armadillo]]. The nine-banded armadillo is an [[insectivore|insectivorous]] animal. [[Ant]]s, [[termite]]s, and other small [[invertebrate]]s make up most of its [[diet]]. The armadillo can jump {{convert|3|-|4|ft|cm}} in the air when [[wikt:scared|scared]].<ref name=library>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/armadillo.html |title=How high can a nine-banded armadillo jump? |work=Everyday Mysteries |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> == Range == The nine-banded armadillo is spreading more far out in both the north and east of the [[United States]]. It crossed the [[Rio Grande]] from [[Mexico]] in the late 19th century. At the same time, it was introduced in [[Florida]] by humans. By 1995, the species was found in [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Louisiana]], [[Arkansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], and Florida, and recently seen as far north as southern [[Nebraska]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]].<ref name=ArmadilloExpansion>{{citation |title=Armadillo expansion |publisher=Armadillo Online |url=http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/expansion.html |access-date=7 June 2010 |archive-date=28 Nov