Barn Fern vs Guinea pig

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Cavia porcellus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Guinea pig is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Guinea pig
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Asplenium	Cavia
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Cavia porcellus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Guinea pig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Guinea pig
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Guinea pig

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.