Brittle Bladderfern vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Hemiechinus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Long-eared Hedgehog
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.

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Brittle Bladderfern

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