Goa-bean vs Mexican cottontail

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Fabaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Sylvilagus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mexican cottontail
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 cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.