Baby’s Tears vs Irrawaddy dolphin

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Orcaella brevirostris

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Irrawaddy dolphin is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Irrawaddy dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Linderniaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Lindernia	Orcaella
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Orcaella brevirostris

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Irrawaddy dolphin

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Irrawaddy dolphin
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.

Irrawaddy dolphin

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.