Barn Fern vs Pacific Flying Fox

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Asplenium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Pacific Flying Fox

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.