Flat-skulled Shrew vs Goa-bean

Sorex roboratus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sorex	Psophocarpus
Species	Sorex roboratus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-skulled Shrew	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

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.