Brittle Bladderfern vs Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Platyrrhinus incarum

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Incan Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Platyrrhinus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Platyrrhinus incarum

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Incan Broad-nosed 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.

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.