Baby’s Tears vs Indian Pipistrelle

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Pipistrellus coromandra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Indian Pipistrelle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Linderniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lindernia	Pipistrellus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Pipistrellus coromandra

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Indian Pipistrelle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Indian Pipistrelle
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 Pipistrelle

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.