Brittle Bladderfern vs Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Phyllostomus discolor

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Pale Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Pale Spear-nosed 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	Phyllostomus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Phyllostomus discolor

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Pale Spear-nosed 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.

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Brittle Bladderfern

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