Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn vs Mexican Agouti

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn is Not Evaluated while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn	Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Polypodiales (Tüpfelfarnartige)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Dasyprocta
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn	Mexican Agouti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Zerbrechlicher Blasenfarn

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.