Barn Fern vs Napo Spiny-rat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Proechimys quadruplicatus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Napo Spiny-rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Napo Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Asplenium	Proechimys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Proechimys quadruplicatus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Napo Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Napo Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Napo Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.