Goa-bean vs Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Vampyressa melissa

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Vampyressa
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Vampyressa melissa

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat
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.

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia