Banded Mongoose vs Barn Fern

Mungos mungo compared with Asplenium haughtonii

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Barn Fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Barn Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Mungos	Asplenium
Species	Mungos mungo	Asplenium haughtonii

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Barn Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Banded Mongoose

The Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a species in the genus Mungos. 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.