Baby’s Tears vs Kloss's gibbon

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Hylobates klossii

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Kloss's gibbon is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Kloss's gibbon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Hylobatidae
Genus	Lindernia	Hylobates
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Hylobates klossii

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Kloss's gibbon

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Kloss's gibbon
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.

Kloss's gibbon

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.