Brittle Bladderfern vs Dark fruit-eating bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Artibeus obscurus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Dark fruit-eating bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Dark fruit-eating bat
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Artibeus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Artibeus obscurus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Dark fruit-eating 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.

Dark fruit-eating 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.