Baby’s Tears vs Narrow-footed Neacomys

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Neacomys tenuipes

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Narrow-footed Neacomys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Lindernia	Neacomys
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Neacomys tenuipes

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-footed Neacomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Narrow-footed Neacomys
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.

Narrow-footed Neacomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.