Barn Fern vs Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Pygeretmus pumilio

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Asplenium	Pygeretmus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Pygeretmus pumilio

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

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.