Subspecies
- Dasypus novemcinctus aequatorialis Lönnberg, 1913
- Dasypus novemcinctus fenestratus Peters, 1864
- Dasypus novemcinctus hoplites G.M. Allen, 1911
- Dasypus novemcinctus mexianae Hagmann, 1908
- Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus Peters, 1864
- Dasypus novemcinctus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758
North American subspecies exhibit reduced genetic variability compared with the subspecies of South America, indicating the armadillos of North America are descended from a relatively small number of individuals that migrated from south of the Rio Grande.
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