Bladder Fern vs Little White-shouldered Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Ametrida centurio

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Little White-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Little White-shouldered 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	Ametrida
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Ametrida centurio

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Little White-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Little White-shouldered 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).

Little White-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.