Baby’s Tears vs Philippine tarsier

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Carlito syrichta

Key Differences

• Baby’s Tears is Least Concern while Philippine tarsier is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Philippine tarsier
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Linderniaceae	Tarsiidae
Genus	Lindernia	Carlito
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Carlito syrichta

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Philippine tarsier

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Philippine tarsier
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.

Philippine tarsier

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.