Goa-bean vs Green Bush Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Paraxerus poensis

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Green Bush Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Green Bush Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Paraxerus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Paraxerus poensis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Green Bush Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Green Bush Squirrel
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.

Green Bush Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.