Baby’s Tears vs Palawan Treeshrew

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Tupaia palawanensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Palawan Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Magnoliopsida (목련강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Lamiales (꿀풀목)	Scandentia (나무두더지)
Family	Linderniaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Lindernia	Tupaia
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Tupaia palawanensis

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Palawan Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Palawan Treeshrew
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.

Palawan Treeshrew

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.