Brittle Bladderfern vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Cystopteris	Piliocolobus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Niger Delta Red Colobus
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.

Niger Delta Red Colobus

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.