Barn Fern vs LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Thyroptera lavali

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Asplenium	Thyroptera
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Thyroptera lavali

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.