Cartoon armadillo coloring

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About armadillo

Despite having short legs, they are capable of moving quite rapidly. An armadillo measures about 75 cm, including the tail. Their armor shells are made up of leathery plates with sharp, long claws for digging.

A genetic study indicates armadillos could have descended from a genus of giant armored mammals called the glyptodonts, which diverged about 35 million years ago, a much more recent divergence than previously thought.

A large part of the armadillo's diet is derived from digging and finding food with their claws, then digging burrows to live in. Even though arms are equipped with five toes on each foot, they only dig one burrow the width of their body. On their forefeet, three to five of their toes have heavy digging claws.

An epidermal skin plate, either made from bone or covered in horn, is covered in short, overlapping scales of dermal bone.