Brittle Bladderfern vs Chinese Bamboo Rat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Rhizomys sinensis

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Chinese Bamboo Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Chinese Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Rhizomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Rhizomys sinensis

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Chinese Bamboo Rat
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.

Chinese Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brittle Bladderfern

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

Chinese Bamboo Rat

The Chinese Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sinensis) is a species in the genus Rhizomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.