Baby’s Tears vs Cyprus Spiny Mouse

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Acomys nesiotes

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Cyprus Spiny Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Cyprus Spiny Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lindernia	Acomys
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Acomys nesiotes

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Cyprus Spiny Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Cyprus Spiny 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.

Cyprus Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Inhabits Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cyprus.

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.