Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Garden Thyme

Artibeus gnomus compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating 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	Artibeus	Thymus
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating 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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador