Goa-bean vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Calomyscus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
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.

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.