[DOC] [TLE] Armadillo - Wikipedia [PAR] Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armour shell. The 
Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order 
Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. 
The word armadillo means "little armoured one" in Spanish. ... The underside of 
the animal is never armoured, and is simply covered with... [DOC] [TLE] Armadillos Likely Transmitting Leprosy to Humans in Southern U.S. ... [PAR] Apr 27, 2011 ... The only animal besides humans known to harbor leprosy, wild ... That humans 
would catch the disease from these armored animals might ... for the bacterium 
Mycobacterium leprae, which causes the disease. ... one thing that might make 
them more conducive mammalian hosts: .... Leprosy's Little Genome. [DOC] [TLE] ADW: Dasypodidae: INFORMATION - Animal Diversity Web [PAR] All members of Dasypodidae have armor on their sides, back and tail, .... In most 
species, female armadillos produce a litter of 1 to 3 offspring, usually born .... 
known to host the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy. ... 
Armadillos are the only mammals other than humans that can contract and carry 
leprosy. [DOC] [TLE] Leave the Armadillos Alone: They're the Only Animals That Can ... [PAR] Apr 28, 2011 ... About 150250 cases of leprosy, which is caused by the bacterium ... Armadillos 
are known to carry leprosyin fact, they are the only wild animals other than 
humans ... anomalous cases were due to contact with the little armored tootsie 
rolls. But it was hard to prove as long as both humans and armadillos... [DOC] [TLE] Yes, You Can Get Leprosy From an Armadillo | Science | AAAS [PAR] Apr 27, 2011 ... Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease after the physician who ... the leprosy 
bacteria; in humans, too, M. leprae prefers cooler areas, ... in one of them, and 
compared it to the whole genome of bacteria ... Twenty-eight of the animals and 
25 of the patients had the new strain. ... Such cute little critters too. [DOC] [TLE] Armadillos and leprosy: The animals pass the disease to humans ... [PAR] Apr 27, 2011 ... Armadillos pass leprosy to humans, study finds ... Aside from humans, armadillos 
are the only other natural hosts of leprosy in the world ... Leprosy is caused by the 
bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, a cousin of the microbe that ... at sites in the M. 
leprae genome that are known to vary between the mammals. [DOC] [TLE] Armadillos cause spike in leprosy cases in Florida - CNN.com [PAR] Jul 23, 2015 ... The bacteria can live on reptiles, like turtles, without making them sick. ... It is 
possible, though unlikely, for humans to catch the disease from armadillos. ... 
Some armadillos, placental mammals with leathery armor, are naturally ... 
Armadillos are one of the only known animals to carry leprosy, an age-old... [DOC] [TLE] Nine-banded Armadillos - BioKIDS - University of Michigan [PAR] Human activities have also caused a decline in many natural predators of North 
... Nine-banded armadillos are typically solitary animals, so a male and female ... 
leathery skin does not harden into its characteristic armor for a few weeks. ... One 
nine-banded armadillo in captivity reached 23 years of age. .... Known Predators. [DOC] [TLE] The armadillo: a model for the neuropathy of leprosy and potentially ... [PAR] Dec 5, 2012 ... Leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease) is an infectious peripheral ... Although 
armadillos are exotic laboratory animals, the recently ... to invade human 
peripheral nerves is the root cause of disfigurement and ... of both host-
inflammatory and bacterial-mediated events (Scollard, 2008; ..... J. Mammal. [DOC] [TLE] Three cases of leprosy in eastern Florida 'linked to armadillos ... [PAR] Feb 27, 2015 ... The small armored mammals are known to harbor the disease in the southern US
. ... abroad and one wild armadillo, and found they were essentially identical. ... 
Scollard believes humans actually gave armadillos leprosy a few ... causes very 
slow replication, and it can only replicate inside of host cells. [DOC]

Question: This armored mammal is one of the few known animal hosts for the bacterium that causes leprosy in humans
Answer: Armadillo