The four armadillo species identified by researchers include: The Mexican long-nosed armadillo, or Dasypus mexicanus, found in Mexico, the U.S. and Costa Rica. Dasypus fenestratus found in Ecuador ...

The name of the armadillo species found in the U.S.—formerly in the subspecies Dasypus novemcinctus—has been updated to simply Dasypus mexicanus: the Mexican long-nosed armadillo. About the ...