Goa-bean vs Hottentot Golden Mole

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Amblysomus hottentotus

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Hottentot Golden Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Hottentot Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Fabaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Amblysomus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Amblysomus hottentotus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Hottentot Golden Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Hottentot Golden Mole
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.