Animal that the Aztecs called ayotochtli, or "turtle-rabbit" (9)

I believe the answer is:

armadillo

(Other definitions for armadillo that I've seen before include "Insect-eating mammal" , "Nocturnal animal" , "Molar laid out for the horny-plated animal" , "Burrowing mammal with a covering of bony plates" , "Insectivorous mammal" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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