Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Goa-bean

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Emballonuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Taphozous	Psophocarpus
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

The Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species in the genus Taphozous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.