Baby’s Tears vs New Caledonia Wattled Bat

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Chalinolobus neocaledonicus

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while New Caledonia Wattled Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	New Caledonia Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Linderniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lindernia	Chalinolobus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Chalinolobus neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

New Caledonia Wattled Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	New Caledonia Wattled Bat
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.

New Caledonia Wattled Bat

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.