Goa-bean vs Midday Jird

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Meriones
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Midday Jird
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.

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.