Brittle Bladderfern vs Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Alionycteris paucidentata

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Alionycteris
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Alionycteris paucidentata

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit 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.

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit 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.