Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs Goa-bean

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	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	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Psophocarpus
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

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.

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

The Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.