Brittle Bladderfern vs Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Nephelomys auriventer

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Ecuadorean Rice Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Ecuadorean 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	Nephelomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Nephelomys auriventer

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Ecuadorean 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.

Ecuadorean 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.