Goa-bean vs Perrin’s Beaked Whale

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Mesoplodon perrini

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Perrin’s Beaked Whale is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Perrin’s Beaked Whale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Fabaceae	Hyperoodontidae
Genus	Psophocarpus	Mesoplodon
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Mesoplodon perrini

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Perrin’s Beaked Whale

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Perrin’s Beaked Whale
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.