Barn Fern vs Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Taphozous melanopogon

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Black-bearded Tomb Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Asplenium	Taphozous
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Taphozous melanopogon

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

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.

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

The Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species in the genus Taphozous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.