Barn Fern vs Giant Mole Shrew

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Blarina brevicauda

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Giant Mole Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Giant Mole Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Asplenium	Blarina
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Blarina brevicauda

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Giant Mole Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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.