Brittle Bladderfern vs Chiriquinan Serotine

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Eptesicus chiriquinus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Chiriquinan Serotine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Chiriquinan Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Eptesicus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Eptesicus chiriquinus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Chiriquinan Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Chiriquinan Serotine
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.

Chiriquinan Serotine

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.

Chiriquinan Serotine

The Chiriquinan Serotine (Eptesicus chiriquinus) is a species in the genus Eptesicus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.