Armadillos are members of the Edentata, which means "toothless". The group was actually named for the anteaters, which are genuinely toothless, but the armadillo also obviously attaches very little importance to its teeth, which are simple pegs.
1. Nine-banded Armadillo skull, lateral view
2. Nine-banded Armadillo skull, ventral view
- Links & References
- University of Michigan - Animal Diversity Web
- Armadillo Online !
- Smithsonian - North American Mammals
- Armadillo Online !
- Collection Data
- Image 1 & 2:
- Stage - Adult
- Date collected - August 1994
- Area collected - Mississippi Delta
- Source - Road casualty
- Stage - Adult