Adult pumas and jaguars are the only South American mammals powerful enough to be a natural threat. The real danger to armadillos is the destruction of their ...

In the wild they feed primarily on ants and termites, which they obtain using their powerful forelegs and claws. At the Smithsonian's National Zoo, La Plata ...

Three-banded armadillos can be found in eastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil ... The “armor” isn't the only protection this armadillo has from predators.

Brazilian three-banded armadillos are carnivores (insectivores) and scavengers. Their diet includes mainly ants and termites, but they will also eat mollusks, ...

STATUSVulnerable. COMMON NAME (SCIENTIFIC NAME)Tolypeutes tricinctus. DIETPrimarily eat beetle larvae, ants, termites, and occasionally ripe fruit.

Weight: 1–1.8 kg. Diet: Insectivorous feeding mainly on ants, termites, beetles and other insects, but may also eat some plant material.

They can roll completely into a ball to protect themselves from thorny vegetation and predators such as jaguars, alligators, and pumas.

The three-banded armadillo has a long, sticky, straw-like pink tongue that allows it to gather up and eat many different species of insects, typically ants and ...

Three Banded Armadillo. TOLYPEUTES MATACUS. One of the only species of armadillo that can roll into a complete ball to defend itself against predators.