Barn Fern vs Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Asplenium	Onychogalea
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Onychogalea lunata

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

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.