Baby’s Tears vs Lang's Red Colobus

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Lindernia	Piliocolobus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Lang's Red Colobus
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.

Lang's Red Colobus

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.