Brittle Bladderfern vs Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Chaetodipus rudinoris

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Peninsular Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Chaetodipus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Chaetodipus rudinoris

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
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.

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

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.