Barn Fern vs Malayan porcupine

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Hystrix brachyura

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Malayan porcupine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Asplenium	Hystrix
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

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.