Goa-bean vs Long-tailed Marmot

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Marmota caudata

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Long-tailed Marmot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Long-tailed Marmot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Marmota
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Marmota caudata

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Long-tailed Marmot
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.

Long-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.