Goa-bean vs Mexican Agouti

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Dasyprocta
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mexican Agouti
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.

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.