Goa-bean vs Northern Red-backed Vole

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Myodes rutilus

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Northern Red-backed Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Northern Red-backed Vole
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	Myodes
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Myodes rutilus

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Northern Red-backed Vole
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.

Northern Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.