Barn Fern vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Asplenium	Notomys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

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.