Baby’s Tears vs Equatorial Saki

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Pithecia aequatorialis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Equatorial Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Lindernia	Pithecia
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Pithecia aequatorialis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Equatorial Saki

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Equatorial Saki
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.

Equatorial Saki

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.