Baby’s Tears vs Pale fox

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Vulpes pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Pale fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Linderniaceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Lindernia	Vulpes (Foxes)
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Vulpes pallida

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Pale fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Pale fox
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.

Pale fox

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.