Bladder Fern vs Handley s Slender Opossum

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Marmosops handleyi

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Handley s Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Marmosops
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Marmosops handleyi

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Handley s Slender Opossum
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).

Handley s Slender Opossum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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