Barn Fern vs Lesser Naked Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Lesser Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Asplenium	Cheiromeles
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Lesser Naked Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Lesser Naked Bat

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.