Baby’s Tears vs Peruvian night monkey

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Aotus miconax

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Peruvian night monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Peruvian night monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Lindernia	Aotus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Aotus miconax

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian night monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Peruvian night monkey
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.

Peruvian night monkey

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.