[TN-Bird] northward migration of armadillo believed limited by cold temperatures
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:19:41 -0400
At the start of the 20th century, the nine-banded armadillo was present in
Texas. By the 1930s, they were in Louisiana and by 1954 they had crossed the
Mississippi River heading east. In the 1950s, they were introduced into Florida
and began heading north. Today, some maps (Georgia Wildlife Web) show them to
be restricted to South Georgia but, in fact, they are present as far north as
Athens and Rome, Georgia. They occur throughout the South from Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas through Missouri, eastern Tennessee and into South Carolina. They
are currently absent from North Carolina but are likely to continue to move
northward along the coast and into the Piedmont. Because they do not tolerate
cold temperatures (below about 36 degrees F), several studies suggest that
farther northward migration into the Appalachian Mountains will be limited.
Above copied from University of Georgia website.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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