Goa-bean vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Osgoods short-tailed opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Monodelphis
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Monodelphis osgoodi

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
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.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.