Brown-eared Woolly Opossum vs Goa-bean

Caluromys lanatus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Caluromys	Psophocarpus
Species	Caluromys lanatus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

The Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (Caluromys lanatus) is a species in the genus Caluromys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia