Alpine Squill vs Great Flying Fox

Scilla bifolia compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Alpine Squill is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Squill	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asparagaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Scilla	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Scilla bifolia	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Alpine Squill

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Squill	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Squill

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), and North America (United States).

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alpine Squill

The Alpine Squill (Scilla bifolia) is a species in the genus Scilla. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), and North America (United States).