Goa-bean vs Paraguana Common Mustached Bat

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Pteronotus paraguanensis

Key Differences

• Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Paraguana Common Mustached Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Paraguana Common Mustached 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	Mormoopidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Pteronotus
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Pteronotus paraguanensis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Paraguana Common Mustached Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Paraguana Common Mustached 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.

Paraguana Common Mustached Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.