Brittle Bladderfern vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Lepilemur
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
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’s Sportive Lemur

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.