[6] These mammals find their food by digging through leaves and substrates while using their nose to detect possible meals.

The Andean hairy armadillo's sleep schedule depend on the season and temperature of its habitat.

[5] Male Andean hairy armadillos only pair up with a female during mating season.

[7] Mating season begins in the fall and young are usually born in the summertime with a total of only two offspring.

[4] This two months pregnancy, but births in the summer is because the family Dasypodidae is known for their ability to have delayed implantation and all the embryos produced are from a single zygote.

[7] They remain with their mother fully dependent for fifty days and are sexually mature by twelve months.

[5] The Andean hairy armadillo has been given a bad reputation of that with its nine-banded cousin Dasypus novemcinctus and thought to carry leprosy.

[9] The main threat to this species is being hunted[10] and having its shell sold for musical instrument making, body parts for medical remedies, and for food.