Brittle Bladderfern vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Polypodiales (многоножковые)	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Hsunycteris
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Patton’s Nectar 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.

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.