Goa-bean vs Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Phyllostomus discolor

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Pale Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Pale Spear-nosed 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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Phyllostomus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Phyllostomus discolor

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Pale Spear-nosed 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.

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia