Barn Fern vs Gray-bellied dunnart

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sminthopsis griseoventer

Key Differences

  • Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Gray-bellied dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Barn Fern Gray-bellied dunnart
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family Aspleniaceae Dasyuridae
Genus Asplenium Sminthopsis
Species Asplenium haughtonii Sminthopsis griseoventer

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Gray-bellied dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Barn Fern Gray-bellied dunnart
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Gray-bellied dunnart

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.

Gray-bellied dunnart

No description available.

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