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title: "Tatou à long museau mexicain"
description: "Dasypus mexicanus — Mammifères. The nine-banded armadillo, also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/mexican-long-nosed-armadillo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tatou à long museau mexicain

> Dasypus mexicanus — Mammifères. The nine-banded armadillo, also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to South America.

- Scientific name: *Dasypus mexicanus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 38206
- iNaturalist taxon: [1647419](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1647419)

## Names

- en: Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo
- de: Mexikanisches Neunbinden-Gürteltier
- es: Armadillo Mexicano
- fr: Tatou à long museau mexicain

## Countries with the most observations

US (33536), MX (2485), HN (181), SV (92), BZ (54), GT (41), NI (15)

## Summary

The nine-banded armadillo, also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to South America. The Mexican long-nosed armadillo of North America was formerly treated as a subspecies of the nine-banded armadillo.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-banded_armadillo

## Photo

![Tatou à long museau mexicain](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-long-nosed-armadillo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326715471

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-long-nosed-armadillo?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).