Baby’s Tears vs Halmaheran Blossom Bat

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Syconycteris carolinae

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Halmaheran Blossom Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Halmaheran Blossom Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Linderniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lindernia	Syconycteris
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Syconycteris carolinae

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Halmaheran Blossom Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Halmaheran Blossom Bat
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.

Halmaheran Blossom Bat

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.