Barn Fern vs Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Chiropodomys calamianensis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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	Chiropodomys
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Chiropodomys calamianensis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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.