Brittle Bladderfern vs Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Sciurus igniventris

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Amazon Red Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cystopteris	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Sciurus igniventris

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
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 Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.