Bladder Fern vs Hairy-footed dunnart

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Sminthopsis hirtipes

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Hairy-footed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Hairy-footed dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Sminthopsis
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Sminthopsis hirtipes

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-footed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Hairy-footed dunnart
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).

Hairy-footed dunnart

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.