Barn Fern vs Gray Slender Opossum

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Marmosops incanus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Gray Slender Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Gray 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 incanus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Gray 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.

Gray Slender Opossum

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.