Goa-bean vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Acerodon leucotis

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Palawan Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Acerodon
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Acerodon leucotis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Palawan Fruit Bat
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.