Baby’s Tears vs Eastern Red Bat

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Lasiurus borealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Baby’s Tears Eastern Red Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Lamiales (Lamiales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Linderniaceae Vespertilionidae
Genus Lindernia Lasiurus
Species Lindernia rotundifolia Lasiurus borealis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Baby’s Tears Eastern Red Bat
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.

Eastern Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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.

Eastern Red Bat

No description available.

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