Barn Fern vs Pousargues’s Mongoose

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Dologale dybowskii

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Pousargues’s Mongoose is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Pousargues’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Asplenium	Dologale
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Dologale dybowskii

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Pousargues’s Mongoose

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Pousargues’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Pousargues’s Mongoose

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.