Picked up only to move out of my driveway- didn’t want it getting ran over
Long-dead specimen found in dry watering trough in livestock pen in Hagerman, NM. Reported to NMDGF, thanks to B. Griffin family. I collected it from there on 11 Dec 2006 and deposited it at Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico (MSB 146777).
This record was discussed in:
Stuart, JN., JK Frey, ZJ Schwenke, and JS Sherman. 2007 (2009). Status of the nine-banded armadillo in New Mexico. The Prairie Naturalist 39 (3/4): 163-169.
Frey, JK, and JN Stuart. 2009. Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) records in New Mexico, USA. Edentata (8-10): 54-55.