I have never seen an armadillo in real life, but on television they fascinate me.  I wish I knew more about them.
I can tell you more, armadillo's are the new world mammals, they have a leathery armour shell on them.
So it's leathery and not like a sea shell?  So that's more like mammal skin, but without the hair.
Exactly!  Another fact is the word armadillo means little armoured one 
Perfect name, then!  Do armadillos make good pets?
Not much information on that , but i did find that there are a total of 21 species of armadillo's . 
Wow, so they could be quite different from each other.  They must need a hot climate.  There are none in Tennessee.
Yeah they would need a warmer climate, i also found the portugueses word for armadillo is tatu .
Tatu.  I guess that means armored one, also.  Portugal is hot, I think, so I'm sure they have armadillos too.
-rabbit": "āyōtl" (turtle) and "tōchtli" (rabbit). The Portuguese word for "armadillo" is "tatu" which derives from the Tupi language. Similar names are also found in other, especially European, languages.
Classification.
Family Dasypodidae
- Subfamily Dasypodinae
- Genus "Dasypus"
- Nine-banded armadillo or long-nosed armadillo, "Dasypus novemcinctus"
- Seven-banded armadillo, "Dasypus septemcinctus"
- Southern long-nosed armadillo,
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