Brittle Bladderfern vs Japanese Short-tailed Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Eptesicus japonensis

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Japanese Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Japanese Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Eptesicus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Eptesicus japonensis

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Japanese Short-tailed 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.

Japanese Short-tailed 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.