Brittle Bladderfern vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Blarina hylophaga

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Blarina
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Blarina hylophaga

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
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.

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

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.