Allen's Big-eared Bat vs Garden Thyme

Idionycteris phyllotis compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Allen's Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Idionycteris	Thymus
Species	Idionycteris phyllotis	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Allen's Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Thyme

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (18 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Allen's Big-eared Bat

The Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) is a species in the genus Idionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.