Baby’s Tears vs Pampas fox

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Lycalopex gymnocercus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Pampas 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	Lycalopex
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Lycalopex gymnocercus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Pampas fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Pampas 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.

Pampas 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.