Baby’s Tears vs Giant Noctule

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Nyctalus lasiopterus

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Giant Noctule is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Giant Noctule
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	Nyctalus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Nyctalus lasiopterus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Giant Noctule

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Giant Noctule
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.

Giant Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ukraine.

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.