Goa-bean vs Jungle Shrew

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Suncus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Jungle Shrew
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.