Goa-bean vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Nephelomys
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
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.