Barn Fern vs Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Rhizomys sumatrensis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Indomalayan Bamboo Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Asplenium	Rhizomys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Rhizomys sumatrensis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

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.