Barn Fern vs Japanese Squirrel

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sciurus lis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Japanese Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Japanese 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	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Sciurus lis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Japanese Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Japanese Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Japanese Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.