![]() Learn more about armadillos by reading the Commission’s armadillo species profile and visiting the armadillo webpage. “However, North Carolina is experiencing fewer long stretches of below freezing weather, which is allowing armadillos to expand northward.” Since they lack thick insulation and must dig for most foods, freezing conditions can cause them to starve or freeze to death. “Mild winter temperature conditions are good for armadillos. “Whether armadillos continue spreading beyond their current range will be largely determined by climate,” said Olfenbuttel. The number of counties with confirmed observations is 27, stretching from Cherokee to Dare counties, and makes it likely the armadillo is expanding its range naturally throughout North Carolina, rather than being helped by human intervention, according to Colleen Olfenbuttel, the Commission’s black bear and furbearer biologist. In 2007, the agency received the first confirmed sighting of a nine-banded armadillo in Macon County and in the last 12 years has received more than 170 reports in 46 counties.
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