Barn Fern vs Long-tailed Marmot

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Marmota caudata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Long-tailed Marmot
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	Marmota
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Marmota caudata

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Long-tailed Marmot
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 Marmot

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.