Goa-bean vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Greater Long-nosed 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	Macroglossus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Greater Long-nosed 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.

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.