Delicate Slender Opossum vs Garden Thyme

Marmosops parvidens compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Thymus
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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).