Barn Fern vs Brush-tailed Mulgara

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Dasycercus blythi

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Brush-tailed Mulgara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Asplenium	Dasycercus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Dasycercus blythi

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Brush-tailed Mulgara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Brush-tailed Mulgara

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.

Brush-tailed Mulgara

The Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) is a species in the genus Dasycercus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.