Tachyoryctes daemon

Demon African mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Tachyoryctes
Species:	T. daemon
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes daemon Thomas, 1909

The 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, 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.)

Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

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