Baby’s Tears vs Hog badger

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Arctonyx collaris

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Hog badger is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Hog badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Linderniaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Lindernia	Arctonyx
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Arctonyx collaris

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Hog badger

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Hog badger
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.

Hog badger

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.