Baby’s Tears vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Linderniaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Lindernia	Amblysomus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Marley’s Golden Mole
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.

Marley’s Golden Mole

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.