Giant Jumping Rat vs Goa-bean

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat	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	Nesomyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Psophocarpus
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Jumping Rat	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

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.