Barn Fern vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Long-tailed Ground 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	Urocitellus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

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.