Bladder Fern vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Carollia subrufa

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Carollia
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bladder Fern

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).

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

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