Barn Fern vs Malayan Water Shrew

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Asplenium	Chimarrogale
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Malayan Water Shrew

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.