Baby’s Tears vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Lindernia	Aotus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Aotus lemurinus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
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.

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.