Barn Fern vs Pale Gerbil

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Gerbillus perpallidus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Pale Gerbil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Pale Gerbil
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	Gerbillus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Gerbillus perpallidus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Pale Gerbil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Pale Gerbil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Pale Gerbil

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.