Baby’s Tears vs Keen'S Myotis

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Myotis keenii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Keen'S Myotis
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	Myotis
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Myotis keenii

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Keen'S Myotis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Keen'S Myotis
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.

Keen'S Myotis

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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.