Goa-bean vs Indian Palm Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Funambulus palmarum

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Indian Palm Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Indian Palm 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	Funambulus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Funambulus palmarum

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Palm Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Indian Palm 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.