Baby’s Tears vs Losea Rat

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Rattus losea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Losea Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lindernia	Rattus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Rattus losea

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Losea Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Losea Rat
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.

Losea Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.