Baby’s Tears vs Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Dendrolagus inustus

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Grizzled Tree-kangaroo is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Linderniaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Lindernia	Dendrolagus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Dendrolagus inustus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
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.

Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.