Baby’s Tears vs Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Stylodipus andrewsi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Lindernia	Stylodipus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Stylodipus andrewsi

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa
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.

Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa

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.