Goa-bean vs Indochinese Ground Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Menetes berdmorei

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Indochinese Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Indochinese Ground 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	Menetes
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Menetes berdmorei

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Indochinese Ground 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.