Brittle Bladderfern vs New Guinean Quoll

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cystopteris	Dasyurus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	New Guinean Quoll
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.

New Guinean Quoll

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.