Brittle Bladderfern vs Gray Marmot

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Marmota baibacina

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Gray Marmot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Gray Marmot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cystopteris	Marmota
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Marmota baibacina

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Gray Marmot
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.

Gray Marmot

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.