Goa-bean vs Mexican prairie dog

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Cynomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mexican prairie dog is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mexican prairie dog
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	Cynomys
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Cynomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mexican prairie dog

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mexican prairie dog
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 prairie dog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.