Barn Fern vs Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Saccopteryx leptura

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Lesser Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Asplenium	Saccopteryx
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Saccopteryx leptura

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Lesser Sac-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.

Lesser Sac-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.