Goa-bean vs Oriental House Rat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Oriental House Rat
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	Rattus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Oriental House Rat
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.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇵🇭 Philippines 🇹🇼 Taiwan