Goa-bean vs Lichtenstein’s Jerboa

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Eremodipus lichtensteini

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Lichtenstein’s Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Lichtenstein’s 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	Eremodipus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Eremodipus lichtensteini

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Lichtenstein’s Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Lichtenstein’s 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.

Lichtenstein’s Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.