Baby’s Tears vs Long-tailed Goral

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Naemorhedus caudatus

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Long-tailed Goral is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Long-tailed Goral
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Lindernia	Naemorhedus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Naemorhedus caudatus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Goral

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Long-tailed Goral
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.

Long-tailed Goral

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.