Goa-bean vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Pygeretmus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
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.

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.