However, repetitive injury—for instance, from chronic viral infection or the increasingly common nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—can lead to severe ... over longer periods of time are needed.

2. Nine-Banded The armorlike carapace of Dasypus novemcinctus may actually have up to 11 bands, bony plates connected by flexible tissue. The only armadillo whose ranks seem to be increasing ...

Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus ... the fewer ticks and the lower prevalence of Lyme disease and the other nasty ...

There are around 20 species of armadillo, but only the nine-banded armadillo is found in the U.S. This post from rwpzoo shares two of the four nine-banded armadillo pups that mom, Patsy ...