Goa-bean vs North American Badger

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Taxidea taxus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while North American Badger is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	North American Badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Taxidea
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	North American Badger
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.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.