Baby’s Tears vs Highveld Golden Mole

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Amblysomus septentrionalis

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Highveld Golden Mole is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Highveld Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Linderniaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Lindernia	Amblysomus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Amblysomus septentrionalis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Highveld Golden Mole

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Highveld Golden Mole
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.

Highveld Golden Mole

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.