Brittle Bladderfern vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Miniopterus egeri

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Eger’s Long-fingered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Miniopterus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Miniopterus egeri

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
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.

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

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.