Baby’s Tears vs Large False Serotine

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Hesperoptenus tomesi

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Large False Serotine is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Large False Serotine
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	Hesperoptenus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Hesperoptenus tomesi

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Large False Serotine
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.

Large False Serotine

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.