Barn Fern vs Indochinese Ground Squirrel

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Menetes berdmorei

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Indochinese Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Asplenium	Menetes
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Menetes berdmorei

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

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.