Barn Fern vs Eastern Spiny Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Acomys dimidiatus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Eastern Spiny Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Eastern Spiny 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	Acomys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Acomys dimidiatus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Eastern Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Eastern Spiny Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Eastern Spiny 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.