Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern Bettong

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Bettongia
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Bettong
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.

Northern Bettong

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.