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Which subspecies of armadillo are your drawings based on, Rich?

Hi Koen: I assume you mean the Gesner engraving, and not my cartoons? If you mean Gesner, I think that was a stab at a Nine Banded Armadillo. But of course all early pictures of animals, like plants and anything else really, can be pretty inaccurate. That being said, I think the Nine Banded comes closest, as it has a narrow snout, pointed ears, similar eye position, although it may have 10 bands, not nine, the fuzzy tail and wrong orientation on the scales. But you can see a collection of real and drawn armadillos which I collected over over 15 years ago (I think) on this page:

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I also had included the Gesner armadillo when compiling that list, but had not yet discovered that Gesner's book was mentioned in "Follies...", nor the implications of that. It was a surprise to me when I found out, that connection, I mean.

But if you meant my cartoon armadillos... I may as well answer in case you meant those... no particular one, they are just general impressions of the animal, and no more accurate than, say, Bugs Bunny is to rabbits!

Rich