Baby’s Tears vs Japanese Noctule

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Japanese Noctule
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	Nyctalus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Japanese Noctule
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.

Japanese Noctule

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.