Central African Red Colobus vs Garden Thyme

Piliocolobus foai compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Central African Red Colobus is Endangered while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central African Red Colobus	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Thymus
Species	Piliocolobus foai	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Central African Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central African Red Colobus	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central African Red Colobus

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).

Central African Red Colobus

The Central African Red Colobus (Piliocolobus foai) is a species in the genus Piliocolobus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.