Goa-bean vs Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Dendrogale murina

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Fabaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Dendrogale
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Dendrogale murina

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
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 Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.