Are there armadillos in missouri?

Armadillos can carry the slow-moving leprosy bacterium, but there have been no armadillo-transmitted leprosy cases in Missouri. Wear gloves if you must handle armadillos, alive or dead. If you eat armadillo meat, thoroughly cook it first. Armadillos are used in biomedical leprosy research. read more

Armadillos somehow crossed the Rio Grande and the Mississippi, and the SMSU survey revealed a few sightings on the north side of the Missouri. Even so, the nine-banded's current range in Missouri is at its predicted northern limit, essentially the Missouri River. read more

He says that armadillos in Springfield, Mo., are definitely on the rise. “About any neighborhood you stop in if you ask folks what do you think about armadillos they could probably walk you over to a house where they are having problems with armadillos,” says Dixon. read more