Baby’s Tears vs Indian Hare

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Lepus nigricollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Indian Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Linderniaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Lindernia	Lepus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Lepus nigricollis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Indian Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Indian Hare
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.

Indian Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius and Seychelles.

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.