Barn Fern vs puma

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Puma concolor

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while puma is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	puma
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Asplenium	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Puma concolor

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	puma
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

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.