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Cacodaemon
A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων kakodaimōn, meaning an "evil spirit," whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek and Tychodaimon would be a good spirit. In psychology, cacodemonia (or cacodemomania) is a form of insanity in...
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cacodaemon satanas
speciesCacodaemon satanas
Cacodaemon hystricosus
speciesCacodaemon hystricosus
Cacodaemon spinicollis
speciesCacodaemon spinicollis
Cacodaemon gracilis
speciesCacodaemon gracilis
Cacodaemon arrowi
speciesCacodaemon arrowi
Cacodaemon bellicosus
speciesCacodaemon bellicosus
Cacodaemon auriculatus
speciesCacodaemon auriculatus
Cacodaemon borneensis
speciesCacodaemon borneensis
Cacodaemon tuberifer
speciesCacodaemon tuberifer
Cacodaemon freudei
speciesCacodaemon freudei
Cacodaemon acuminatus
speciesCacodaemon acuminatus
Cacodaemon armatus
speciesCacodaemon armatus
Cacodaemon proavus
speciesCacodaemon proavus
Cacodaemon spinosus
speciesCacodaemon spinosus
Cacodaemon bakeri
speciesCacodaemon bakeri
Cacodaemon nigrellus
speciesCacodaemon nigrellus
Cacodaemon inaequalis
speciesCacodaemon inaequalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 566217.