A section of skin from the Nine Banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, on the forest floor in East Texas.

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Size: 6048px × 4024px
Location: The Woodlands, TX, USA
Photo credit: © Marianne Pfeil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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