Albuja’s Climbing Rat vs Bladder Fern

Rhipidomys albujai compared with Cystopteris fragilis

Key Differences

• Albuja’s Climbing Rat is Data Deficient while Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Bladder Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Rhipidomys	Cystopteris
Species	Rhipidomys albujai	Cystopteris fragilis

Conservation Status

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Bladder Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

The Albuja’s Climbing Rat (Rhipidomys albujai) is a species in the genus Rhipidomys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.