Bladder Fern vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Artibeus
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Great Fruit-eating 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).

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Bladder Fern

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia