0_Apprentice
I love animals.
1_Wizard
My too. Especially armadillos. It means little armoured one in Spanish. 
0_Apprentice
Yes they are so cute and odd looking.
1_Wizard
Yes, they are. All species of armadillos are native to the Americas. 
0_Apprentice
Why do they have the hard shell?
1_Wizard
More then likely because they are a decedent of an extinct group of mammals, know as glyptodants. 