Brittle Bladderfern vs Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Chiropodomys pusillus

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (bitki)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (kemiriciler)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Chiropodomys
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Chiropodomys pusillus

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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.

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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.