Barn Fern vs Mona Monkey

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Asplenium	Cercopithecus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.