Baby’s Tears vs Formosan rock macaque

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Macaca cyclopis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Formosan rock macaque
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Lindernia	Macaca
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Macaca cyclopis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Formosan rock macaque

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Formosan rock macaque
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.

Formosan rock macaque

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Japan and Taiwan.

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.