Goa-bean vs Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Microcebus jollyae

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cheirogaleidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Microcebus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Microcebus jollyae

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
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.

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.