Barn Fern vs Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sturnira bidens

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Asplenium	Sturnira
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Sturnira bidens

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira bidens) is a species in the genus Sturnira. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.