Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Barn Fern

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Asplenium haughtonii

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Barn Fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Barn Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Asplenium
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Asplenium haughtonii

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Barn Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Barn Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

The Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus aequatorialis) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.