Barn Fern vs Chestnut dunnart

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sminthopsis archeri

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Chestnut dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Asplenium	Sminthopsis
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Sminthopsis archeri

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Chestnut dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Chestnut dunnart

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.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.