Baby’s Tears vs Mona Monkey

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Mona Monkey
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	Cercopithecus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Mona Monkey
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.

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.