Armadillo

Armadillos are amazing creatures!

With the change in climate, their range is expanding.

With that, there is increasing conversation regarding their role as an environmental reservoir for leprosy.

[Hansen’s disease]

Learn more below:

Armadillo Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBS

[Photo credit, link above]

Current Distribution of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the United States

Tracking the armadillo expansion into Illinois | Everyday Environment | Illinois Extension | UIUC

Research aims to link Hansen’s disease & illegal armadillo hunting in Brazil

Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States – PMC

Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States | New England Journal of Medicine