Barn Fern vs Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Rhinolophus deckenii

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Rhinolophidae
Genus	Asplenium	Rhinolophus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Rhinolophus deckenii

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

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.