Brittle Bladderfern vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Brachyuromys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Large Short-tailed Rat
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.

Large Short-tailed Rat

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.