Goa-bean vs Mountain Tapir

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Tapirus pinchaque

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Mountain Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Mountain Tapir
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Fabaceae	Tapiridae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Tapirus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Tapirus pinchaque

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Mountain Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Mountain Tapir
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.

Mountain Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.