Baby’s Tears vs Isarog Shrew Mouse

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Archboldomys luzonensis

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Isarog Shrew Mouse is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Isarog Shrew Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lindernia	Archboldomys
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Archboldomys luzonensis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Isarog Shrew Mouse

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Isarog Shrew Mouse
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.

Isarog Shrew Mouse

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.