Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern elephant seal

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Mirounga angustirostris

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern elephant seal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern elephant seal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Cystopteris	Mirounga
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Mirounga angustirostris

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern elephant seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern elephant seal
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 elephant seal

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.