Fat-tailed Jird vs Goa-bean

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	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	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Psophocarpus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

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.