Goa-bean vs Guajira Mouse Opossum

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Marmosa xerophila

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Guajira Mouse Opossum is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Guajira Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Marmosa
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Marmosa xerophila

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Guajira Mouse Opossum

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Guajira Mouse Opossum
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.

Guajira Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.