Goa-bean vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Acerodon
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.