Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Garden Thyme

Carollia castanea compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed 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	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Carollia	Thymus
Species	Carollia castanea	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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).

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

The Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea) is a species in the genus Carollia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador