Brittle Bladderfern vs Mentawai Squirrel

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Callosciurus melanogaster

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Mentawai Squirrel is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Mentawai Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Polypodiales (ウラボシ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cystopteris	Callosciurus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Callosciurus melanogaster

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mentawai Squirrel

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Mentawai 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.

Mentawai Squirrel

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.