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An armadillo.
Armadillo
7 million pounds
An armadillo.
A burrowing animal covered with bony plates that act as armor is called an armadillo. In Spanish, the word "armadillo" means "little armored one".
The name for the small mammal with bony armor plates is the armadillo.
The skin allows the armor to be flexible.
The difference between these two is that an armadillo's shell is harder than a turtle, and a armadillo is a mammal and a turtle is a reptile. They also are in a shell.
Techtonic plates
The bony plates on an Armadillo are it's main source of defense against predators. The skin between the plates allow the Armadillo to curl itself into a ball to deter predators. Not all Armadillos are able to curl up into balls however. Not all of the 20 species can curl up in a ball. The species in the U.S. curls, but can't make it all the way into a ball. Bill Klemm, author of Dillos. Roadkill on Extinction Highway?
yes. The armadillo, like all mammals, has an endoskeleton (inside structure of bone and cartilage) that supports the organs and muscles. The exterior scales of an armadillo are bone and horn, but do not constitute an exoskeleton.
armadillos are from tropical america and are covered with bony plates