Goa-bean vs Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Brachytarsomys villosa

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Hairy-tailed Tree 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	Nesomyidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Brachytarsomys
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Brachytarsomys villosa

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Hairy-tailed Tree 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.