Goa-bean vs Madagascan flying fox

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Pteropus rufus

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Madagascan flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Madagascan flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Pteropus rufus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Madagascan flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Madagascan flying fox
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.