Barn Fern vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Perognathus flavescens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Plains 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	Perognathus
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Plains 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.

Plains 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.