Barn Fern vs Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Chaetodipus rudinoris

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Peninsular Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Asplenium	Chaetodipus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Chaetodipus rudinoris

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Peninsular Pocket 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.