Barn Fern vs Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Saimiri cassiquiarensis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Cebidae
Genus	Asplenium	Saimiri
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Saimiri cassiquiarensis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.