tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540004930810199220.post6277565773281424027..comments2023-08-20T14:54:41.870+01:00Comments on Jake's Bones: My six-banded armadillo skull (Updated)Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08429066175566438943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540004930810199220.post-777401719021525782012-03-11T21:08:49.407+00:002012-03-11T21:08:49.407+00:00I think you might be right ! I will have a look in...I think you might be right ! I will have a look in the week at it again. Thank you !Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113574905153510838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540004930810199220.post-63558778453832090872012-03-11T01:53:18.604+00:002012-03-11T01:53:18.604+00:00Hey Jake, you have a really great site here! I sta...Hey Jake, you have a really great site here! I started collecting skulls when I was younger and now I'm currently entering into an evolutionary biology Ph.D. program, so I encourage you to keep it up, it's certainly helped give me an appreciation for nature and science.<br /><br />In regards to this post, you actually don't have a nine-banded armadillo here. I'm not 100% certain which species you have, but it looks an awful lot like the six-banded armadillo, or Euphractus sexcinctus. Check out the photos at Animal Diversity Web (which is a really great website for familiarizing yourself with different skulls): http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Euphractus_sexcinctus.html<br /><br />You can compare with the actual nine-banded armadillo here: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Dasypodinae.html I actually have a nine-banded skull and full skeleton, as they're quite common here in Louisiana, as you mentioned. You should be glad you have an Euphractus, because those are much harder to come by!Dallas Krentzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874982140035126857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540004930810199220.post-19184814222375426352012-03-07T17:31:45.894+00:002012-03-07T17:31:45.894+00:00I have an armadillo skull of my own. It has the ti...I have an armadillo skull of my own. It has the tip of the nose missing, but is otherwise fine. It's a bit longer and thinner than yours, so maybe a different species? It must be from a young one because the growth plates aren't properly fused. In fact, one of them fell off when I picked it up, so you can see right inside the skull! Turtle-rabbit is a good name for an armadillo. They run like rabbits if you scare them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com