Goa-bean vs Mentawai Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Callosciurus melanogaster

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mentawai Squirrel is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mentawai Squirrel
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	Callosciurus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Callosciurus melanogaster

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mentawai Squirrel

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mentawai Squirrel
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.