Barn Fern vs Mountain Water Rat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Asplenium	Baiyankamys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Mountain Water Rat

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.