Goa-bean vs Mexican woodrat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Neotoma mexicana

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mexican woodrat
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 woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.