Bladder Fern vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Brachyuromys
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Large Short-tailed Rat
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).

Large Short-tailed Rat

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.