Forest Giant Squirrel vs Garden Thyme

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Forest Giant Squirrel is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Protoxerus	Thymus
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

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).