Brittle Bladderfern vs Greater Naked Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Cheiromeles torquatus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Greater Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Greater Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Cheiromeles
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Cheiromeles torquatus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Greater Naked 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.

Greater Naked Bat

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.