Barn Fern vs Madagascan fruit bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Asplenium	Eidolon
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Madagascan fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Madagascan fruit 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.