Brittle Bladderfern vs Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Saccopteryx canescens

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Frosted Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Saccopteryx
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Saccopteryx canescens

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Frosted Sac-winged 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.

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Brittle Bladderfern

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