Brittle Bladderfern vs Fawn-colored Mouse

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Mus cervicolor

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Fawn-colored Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Fawn-colored 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	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Mus cervicolor

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Fawn-colored 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.

Fawn-colored 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.