Goa-bean vs Handley s Slender Opossum

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Marmosops handleyi

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Handley s Slender 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	Marmosops
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Marmosops handleyi

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Handley s Slender 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.

Handley s Slender Opossum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.