Barn Fern vs Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Hipposideros ater

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Hipposideridae
Genus	Asplenium	Hipposideros
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Hipposideros ater

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Dusky Leaf-nosed 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.