Barn Fern vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Herpestes urva

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Asplenium	Herpestes
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Herpestes urva

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Crab-eating Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Crab-eating Mongoose

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.