Bladder Fern vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Miniopterus egeri

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Eger’s Long-fingered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Miniopterus
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Miniopterus egeri

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Habitat

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.