Barn Fern vs Dusky Slender Opossum

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Marmosops fuscatus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Dusky Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Asplenium	Marmosops
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Marmosops fuscatus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Dusky Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Dusky Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.