Goa-bean vs Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Rhizomys sumatrensis

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Indomalayan Bamboo Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Rhizomys
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Rhizomys sumatrensis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
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.