Armadillo

 

  

Animal State | Armadillo | Armadillos are prolific researchers with sharp claws. Many species use their sharp claws to dig for food such as larvae, and dig burrows. The nine tracks Armadillo prefers to build burrows in moist soil near streams, rivers and streams around which it lives and feeds. The diet of different armadillo species varies, but consists mainly of insects, worms and other invertebrates. Some species, however, feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites. In common with other xenarthrans, armadillos typically have low body temperature (33-36 ° C) and the basal metabolic rate (40-60% of that expected from a placental mammal of the mass). The armor is formed by plates of dermal bone covered in relatively small, overlapping epidermal scales called scutes ", composed of bone with a coating of the tube. The underside of the animal is not shielded, and is simply covered with the skin soft and skins. This skin armor seems to be the main defense of many armadillos, although most escape predators fleeing (often into thorny patches, from which their armor protects them) or digging to safety. Only the South American three bands armadillos (Tolypeutes) rely heavily on their armor. When threatened by a predator species often Tolypeutes rolling a ball. Other species of armadillo can not roll because they have other cards.

Armadillos have a very poor vision, and use your keen sense of smell to hunt They use their claws for digging and finding food and making their homes in burrows. Armadillo teeth of nine tracks is P 7/7, M 1/1 = 32. Gestation 60-120 days, depending on the species, although the armadillo nine-linked implant also delayed, so that the couple are generally not born to eight months after mating. Armadillos are solitary animals who do not share their burrows with other adults. Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, as they, with Mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their feet), are among the few known species of nonhuman animals that can contract the disease systemically. (Leprosy bacteria is difficult to culture and armadillo have a body temperature of 34 ° C (93 ° F), similar to human skin.) Humans can acquire an armadillo leprosy by handling or Armadillo eat meat. Because armadillos are native to the New World at some point they have acquired the disease in humans. The armadillo is also a natural reservoir of Chagas disease.

The nine-banded armadillo is also the science through its unusual reproductive system in which four children were born genetically identical, the result of an egg source. Armadillos (mainly Dasypus) make common roadkill due to their habit of jumping up mud when startled (such as an oncoming car).