title: Attempts to breed the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in captivity--a preliminary report.
abstract: Three pairs of nine-banded armadillos were successfully kept in wire-fenced pens in natural surroundings with light, temperature, and weather as in the farms of Louisiana, a natural habitat of armadillos. One female delivered quadruplets after being in the experimental pen for 10 months and 11 days. It is possible that in this experiment breeding of nine-banded armadillos in captivity has been achieved under controlled conditions for the first time.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos / Q000502:physiology*; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D007918:Leprosy; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000502:physiology*