Goa-bean vs Indian Gray Mongoose

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Herpestes edwardsi

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Indian Gray Mongoose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Indian Gray Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Herpestes
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Herpestes edwardsi

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Gray Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Indian Gray Mongoose
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.