Goa-bean vs Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Petaurista philippensis

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Indian Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Indian Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Petaurista
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Petaurista philippensis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Indian Giant Flying Squirrel
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.

Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.