Barn Fern vs Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Eumops nanus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Asplenium	Eumops
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Eumops nanus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

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.