Baby’s Tears vs Central Andes Oldfield Mouse

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Thomasomys contradictus

Key Differences

Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Central Andes Oldfield Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Central Andes Oldfield Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Lindernia	Thomasomys
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Thomasomys contradictus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Central Andes Oldfield Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Central Andes Oldfield Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baby’s Tears

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mauritius, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Central Andes Oldfield Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Baby’s Tears

The Baby’s Tears (Lindernia rotundifolia) is a species in the genus Lindernia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Central Andes Oldfield Mouse

The Central Andes Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys contradictus) is a species in the genus Thomasomys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Found in Colombia.