Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Dendrogale murina

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Dendrogale
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Dendrogale murina

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
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 Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

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.