Garden Thyme vs Malagasy civet

Thymus vulgaris compared with Fossa fossana

Key Differences

• Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated while Malagasy civet is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden Thyme	Malagasy civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Lamiaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Thymus	Fossa
Species	Thymus vulgaris	Fossa fossana

Conservation Status

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Malagasy civet

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden Thyme	Malagasy civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Malagasy civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.