Brittle Bladderfern vs Hooded red-sided opossum

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Monodelphis palliolata

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Hooded red-sided opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Hooded red-sided opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Monodelphis
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Monodelphis palliolata

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Hooded red-sided opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Hooded red-sided opossum
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.

Hooded red-sided opossum

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.