Brittle Bladderfern vs Giant Jumping Rat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Hypogeomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Giant Jumping 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.

Giant Jumping Rat

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.