Goa-bean vs Large Japanese Mole

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Mogera wogura

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Large Japanese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Large Japanese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Mogera
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Mogera wogura

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Large Japanese Mole
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.

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.