Barn Fern vs Jamaican fruit bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Asplenium	Artibeus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.