Barn Fern vs Mexican cottontail

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Asplenium	Sylvilagus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Mexican cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Mexican cottontail

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.