Barn Fern vs Buffy Broad-nosed Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Platyrrhinus infuscus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Buffy Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Buffy Broad-nosed 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	Platyrrhinus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Platyrrhinus infuscus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Buffy Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Buffy Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Buffy Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.

Buffy Broad-nosed Bat

The Buffy Broad-Nosed Bat (Platyrrhinus infuscus) is a species in the genus Platyrrhinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.