Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern Rock Deermouse

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Peromyscus nasutus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Rock Deermouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Rock Deermouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Peromyscus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Peromyscus nasutus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Rock Deermouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Rock Deermouse
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 Rock Deermouse

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.