Baby’s Tears vs Finlayson's squirrel

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Callosciurus finlaysonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Finlayson's squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Lindernia	Callosciurus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Callosciurus finlaysonii

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Finlayson's squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Finlayson's squirrel
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.

Finlayson's squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Asia (Japan, Singapore) and Europe (5 countries).

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.