Brittle Bladderfern vs Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Oligoryzomys delicatus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Oligoryzomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Oligoryzomys delicatus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Delicate Pygmy Rice 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.

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Brittle Bladderfern

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