Goa-bean vs Mongolian gerbil

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Meriones unguiculatus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mongolian gerbil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mongolian gerbil
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 unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mongolian gerbil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mongolian gerbil
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.

Mongolian gerbil

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia