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* Schlitter, D., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21292/all Tachyoryctes daemon]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
* Schlitter, D., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21292/all Tachyoryctes daemon]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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Demon African mole-rat
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T. daemon
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Tachyoryctes daemon
Thomas, 1909

The demon mole rat or demon African mole rat (Tachyoryctes daemon) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land.

The demon mole rat is solitary. According to Hrouzková,[1] the demon mole rat communicates its presence seismically to neighboring mole rats or predators by banging its head on the roof of its burrow (substrate-borne vibrations.)

References

  • Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Schlitter, D., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes daemon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


  1. ^ Hrouzkova, E., Dvorakova, V., Sumbera, R., & Jedlicka, P. (September 01, 2013). Seismic communication in demon African mole rat Tachyoryctes daemon from Tanzania. Journal of Ethology, 31, 3, 255-259. doi: 10.1007/s10164-013-0374-0 Downloaded on 24 October 2013.