Goa-bean vs Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Marmosa murina

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Linnaeus's mouse opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Marmosa
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Marmosa murina

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
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.

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia