Armadillo

Postcard ID: US-3399541
Country: USA

Here is a quite unique postcard as it shows armadillo - animal that lives only in Texas and Mexico. Wow!

Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armour shell. Dasypodidae is the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo means "little armoured one" in Spanish. 

Texas cowboys call the Armadillo "A Texas Turkey" and would share their meal with a stranger ony to tell him it was an Armadillo after the stranger would comment on the fine meal.