mdc.mo.gov The name “armadillo” is Spanish for “little armored one”. The nine-banded armadillo first arrived in Texas in the mid-1800s, but didn’t stop its northward invasion there. By the 1980s, armadillos were becoming familiar sights as far north as southern Missouri. Cold winter weather will eventually stop the northward invasion of the armadillo, but how far north the “little armored one” will go–only time will tell. Unfortunately for the armadillos, most sightings involve dead animals …
