Brittle Bladderfern vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Notomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
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.

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

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.