Bladder Fern vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Chalinolobus
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Long-tailed Wattled 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).

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

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.