Tapir des Andes vs haricot-de-lima

Tapirus pinchaque compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Tapir des Andes is Vulnerable while haricot-de-lima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tapir des Andes	haricot-de-lima
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tapiridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Tapirus	Phaseolus
Species	Tapirus pinchaque	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Tapir des Andes

VU — Vulnerable

haricot-de-lima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tapir des Andes	haricot-de-lima
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tapir des Andes

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

haricot-de-lima

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia