Goa-bean vs Malayan Water Shrew

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Chimarrogale
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Malayan Water Shrew
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.