Barn Fern vs Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Aproteles bulmerae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Barn Fern Bulmer's Fruit Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Aspleniaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Asplenium Aproteles
Species Asplenium haughtonii Aproteles bulmerae

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Barn Fern Bulmer's Fruit Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Bulmer's Fruit 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.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

The Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a species in the genus Aproteles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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