Baby’s Tears vs Desert Rat-kangaroo

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Caloprymnus campestris

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Desert Rat-kangaroo is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Desert Rat-kangaroo
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Linderniaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Lindernia	Caloprymnus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Caloprymnus campestris

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Desert Rat-kangaroo

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Desert Rat-kangaroo
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 Rat-kangaroo

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.