Barn Fern vs Black-tailed Deermouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Peromyscus melanurus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Black-tailed Deermouse is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Black-tailed Deermouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Asplenium	Peromyscus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Peromyscus melanurus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Black-tailed Deermouse

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Black-tailed Deermouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Black-tailed Deermouse

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-tailed Deermouse

The Black-tailed Deermouse (Peromyscus melanurus) is a species in the genus Peromyscus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.