Brittle Bladderfern vs Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Lophostoma carrikeri

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Carriker's Round-eared Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Carriker's Round-eared 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	Lophostoma
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Lophostoma carrikeri

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Carriker's Round-eared Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brittle Bladderfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

The Carriker's Round-eared Bat (Lophostoma carrikeri) is a species in the genus Lophostoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.