Goa-bean vs Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Lesser Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Lesser Short-tailed 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	Nesomyidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Brachyuromys
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Lesser Short-tailed 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.

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.