Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Sturnira parvidens

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Sturnira
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Sturnira parvidens

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat
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 Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.