Barn Fern vs Chacoan Peccary

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Catagonus wagneri

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Chacoan Peccary is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Chacoan Peccary
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Tayassuidae
Genus	Asplenium	Catagonus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Catagonus wagneri

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Chacoan Peccary
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Chacoan Peccary

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.

Chacoan Peccary

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a species in the genus Catagonus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.