Baby’s Tears vs Ecuadoran Pericote

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Phyllotis haggardi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Ecuadoran Pericote
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	Phyllotis
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Phyllotis haggardi

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Ecuadoran Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Ecuadoran Pericote
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.

Ecuadoran Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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.