Baby’s Tears vs North African Hedgehog

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Atelerix algirus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	North African Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Linderniaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Lindernia	Atelerix
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Atelerix algirus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

North African Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	North African Hedgehog
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.

North African Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across France, Malta, and Spain.

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.