Bladder Fern vs Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Marmosa andersoni

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Heavy-browed Mouse 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	Marmosa
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Marmosa andersoni

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Heavy-browed Mouse 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).

Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

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.