Central American agouti vs Goa-bean

Dasyprocta punctata compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Central American agouti is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American agouti	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyproctidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Dasyprocta	Psophocarpus
Species	Dasyprocta punctata	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Central American agouti

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American agouti	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central American agouti

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, 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.

Central American agouti

The Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species in the genus Dasyprocta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia