There have been widely–reported cases of armadilloes spreading leprosy in Florida.
The most widespread of approximately twenty species of armadillo, and the one that seems to get the blame for the leprosy cases, is the nine–banded variety. This is found throughout most of South and Central America, and in the south–eastern United States.
A question in Macclesfield Quiz League, some years ago, insisted on the answer specifying the nine–banded armadillo. This has become a byword in Macclesfield for a wilfully obscure question, or one with an unnecessarily specific answer.
Wikipedia does say on its nine–banded armadillo page that "they are among the few mammals other than humans susceptible to leprosy." But it also says on its armadillo page that armadilloes "along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits, and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known species that can contract the disease systemically ... Humans can acquire a leprosy infection from armadillos by handling them or consuming armadillo meat. Armadillos are a presumed vector and natural reservoir for the disease in Texas and Louisiana and Florida. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 15th century, leprosy was unknown in the New World. Given that armadillos are native to the New World, at some point they must have acquired the disease from old–world humans."
Wikipedia also says that armadilloes are "a natural reservoir for Chagas disease" (a tropical parasitic disease).
It then says that "The nine–banded armadillo also serves science through its unusual reproductive system ... ". Because it mentions the nine–banded variety specifically in this context, while the reference to leprosy doesn't, this suggests that the references to leprosy may apply to all armadilloes, and not just the nine–banded variety.
Not only that, but it mentions monkeys, rabbits and mice as being "among the few known species" that can suffer from leprosy. In other words, it's not even just armadilloes.
So: if you want to ask a question about armadilloes and leprosy, my advice (for what it's worth) is that you ask which animals have been blamed for spreading the disease to people in Florida.
© Haydn Thompson 2017