Himalayan Marmot vs Sieva bean

Marmota himalayana compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Himalayan Marmot Sieva bean
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Sciuridae (Squirrels) Fabaceae
Genus Marmota Phaseolus
Species Marmota himalayana Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Himalayan Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Himalayan Marmot Sieva bean
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Himalayan Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Himalayan Marmot

No description available.

Sieva bean

No description available.

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