Goa-bean vs Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Marmosa andersoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Heavy-browed 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 andersoni

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Heavy-browed 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.