Baby’s Tears vs Neotropical otter

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Lontra longicaudis

Key Differences

Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Neotropical otter is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Neotropical otter
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Linderniaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Lindernia	Lontra
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Lontra longicaudis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Neotropical otter

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Neotropical otter
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.

Neotropical otter

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.