I really like armadillo they are so interesting
Definitely interesting!  They are New World placental mammals and have a leathery shell
the shell is really neat, I would like to touch one
Me too!  There is a giant armadillo which grows very big, and a pink fairy armadillo which is small
I wonder if the pink fairy one is really pink, I am thinking not
Pink fairy armadillos have yellowish white fur and a flexible dorsal shell.  So kind of a misnomer haha
I wonder how they got the Pink in their name
Six-banded armadillo
The six-banded armadillo ("Euphractus sexcinctus"), also known as the yellow armadillo, is an armadillo found in South America. The sole extant member of its genus, it was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The six-banded armadillo is typically between in head-and-body length, and weighs . The carapace (hard shell on the back) is pale yellow to reddish brown, marked by scales of equal length, and scantily covered by buff to
leathery armour shell and long sharp claws for digging. They have short legs, but can move quite quickly. The average length of an armadillo is about , including tail. The giant armadillo grows up to and weighs up to , while the pink fairy armadillo has a length of only . When threatened by a predator, Tolypeutes species frequently roll up into a ball.
Etymology.
The word "armadillo" means "little armoured one" in Spanish. The Aztecs called them "āyōtōchtli" , Nahuatl for "turtle