Baby’s Tears vs Desert Dormouse

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Desert Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Desert Dormouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Lindernia	Selevinia
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Desert Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Desert Dormouse
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.

Desert Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.