Goa-bean vs Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Phyllostomus elongatus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Lesser Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Phyllostomus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Phyllostomus elongatus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat
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 Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia