Barn Fern vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Asplenium	Brachyuromys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Large Short-tailed 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.