Brittle Bladderfern vs Incan shrew opossum

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Lestoros inca

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Incan shrew opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Lestoros
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Lestoros inca

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Incan shrew 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.

Incan shrew opossum

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.