Baby’s Tears vs Little Ground Squirrel

Lindernia rotundifolia compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baby’s Tears	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Lamiales (ясноткоцветные)	Rodentia (грызуны)
Family	Linderniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Lindernia	Spermophilus
Species	Lindernia rotundifolia	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Baby’s Tears

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baby’s Tears	Little Ground Squirrel
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.

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.

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.