Bladder Fern vs Painted Woolly Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Painted Woolly 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	Kerivoula
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Painted Woolly 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).

Painted Woolly 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.