Baby’s Tears vs Patagonian mara

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Dolichotis patagonum

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Patagonian mara is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Patagonian mara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Linderniaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Lindernia	Dolichotis
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Dolichotis patagonum

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Patagonian mara

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Patagonian mara
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.

Patagonian mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Belgium. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.