Talk:Nine-banded armadillo

Behavior
I edited the article by adding some information to the Behavior section. There is information there that is not cited, and should be carefully reviewed. I did erase some information that I could not find sources to support about male/female territories. I replaced it with cited info on breeding territories of male armadillos. Although this section of the article needs work, I think this article is pretty good overall. All information included is relevant and neutral.

One other piece of information that stood out to me (and was not cited) was the idea that armadillos can inflate their intestines and float down a river, or deflate them and run across the bottom. This sentence should be addressed if anyone can find a reliable source explaining it. ArmadilloMom (talk) 01:35, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Likewise, I have been unable to verify the 3-4 foot jumping height. I could find no video evidence or reputable text that backs this up (they only seem to jump about their body height). The only citation for this is an unsourced, anonymous, and brief article. I'm not an armadillo expert, but I have my doubts that an armored, short legged, low metabolic rate, stocky mammal can do a standing jump twice that of my pet rabbit. 155.190.20.6 (talk) 17:11, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Hoover Hogs?
I read somewhere that, after president Hoover promised 'chicken in every pot,' that people ironically called armadillos 'hoover hogs' because people ended up having to eat them instead. Is that correct, or even notable enough to put into the article?(edit) Hmm, looking back, I read that in the main 'armadillo' article here on Wikipedia. I think it should definitely be added then. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.239.169.226 (talk) 12:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Citation verification and formatting
After completing this section, I will save my edit changes for the article, with a link in the summary to this talkpage (hence completing this first, else the link won't work). I have, as best I could in the time available to me, verified several citations. Some I could not readily verify, as the links don't work. I've tagged those for future fixing by someone (probably not me - I'm running out of time).

They can often be fixed by paring the url back to the home page and finding a new link to the relevant citation, then copying-and-pasting the updated url into the article. That's my first strategy, which often works. The internet article page may have been moved for example, creating a whole new link, but the homepage is usually stable. And when the homepage itself has changed, once one finds it by internet searches, one can often find a new link. Failing that, there is a wealth of information out there, and reliable facts can virtually always be verified one way or another, albeit sometimes with a lot of effort (never ever believe anyone who says otherwise - the question to ask yourself in those cases is WHY they don't want the information made verifiable). But I don't presently have time to do any of this myself.

One source looks dodgy to me. That is, the "Wildlife Explorer: Nine-Banded Armadillo" source. A preliminary internet search gave no links other than back to this Wikipedia article and a couple of mirror websites. I then did a search using "International Masters Publishers", only to find returns for some sort of direct marketing company. I also found a Wikipedia article stub, so provided a Wikilink. But that article stub is not englightening, with the links going to promotional websites. So the information in this Nine-banded Armadillo article which uses the "Wildlife Explorer", could not be verified using that source. The information may be accurate and reliable, but the source looks dodgy. Armadillos may be somewhat intriguing to laypeople and scientists alike, but they are well studied, as you'd expect with such an intriguing animal. So there is no shortage of information out there which any interested editors can tap into to verify the information currently attributed to this dodgy-looking source. Wotnow (talk) 02:15, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Question Re: Expansion
What kept them from crossing the Rio Grande before the late 1800s? What allowed them to begin their initial spread into the southeastern US? XinaNicole (talk) 13:32, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Rework
i have been going over this article for the past few days...i take issue with some of the information presented re: the nine-banded armadillo, as some of it is erroneous...unfortunately i know this from personal experience and not from reliable sources...like the vertebrae being attached to the carapace, they are not; otherwise it would be much more difficult to butcher an armadillo...because although i trust my experience with Dasypus novemcinctus, no one else has any reason to...as time permits i will locate WP:RS and modify this article...regardsRuraltexas (talk) 03:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Range
This source cites this scholarly paper (the only URL Google Scholar brought up for the paper) as the source of the information used in this map of the potential range of the nine-banded armadillo. I can't access the original source of the information, because I do not have an account with Wiley Online Library. Maybe someone else can determine how reliable the information is. If it is reliable, maybe the additional area of potential range could be added to the existing map.

69.146.103.96 (talk) 18:23, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

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