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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
174
CR + EN + VU
Population
17.643.060
Area
276.841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 17
Endangered 47
Vulnerable 110
Near Threatened 117
Least Concern 1763
Data Deficient 67
Not Evaluated 378
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Zweifarbenfischer

Chloroceryle inda

Least Concern

Zweifarben-Spitzschnabel

Conirostrum bicolor

Near Threatened

Zweifarbsperber

Accipiter bicolor

Least Concern

Zweimännige Steif-Trespe

Bromus diandrus

Near Threatened

Zweizeilige Gersten

Hordeum distichon

Not Evaluated

Zwergamazone

Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Endangered

Zwergbanane

Musa acuminata

Not Evaluated

Zwergbinsenralle

Heliornis fulica

Least Concern

Zwergdarwinfink

Camarhynchus parvulus

Least Concern

Zwergdrossel

Catharus ustulatus

Least Concern

Zwerggrindwal

Feresa attenuata

Data Deficient

Zwerghöhenläufer

Thinocorus rumicivorus

Least Concern

Zwergpfäffchen

Sporophila minuta

Least Concern

Zwergpottwal

Kogia breviceps

Data Deficient

Zwergschnabelwal

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Least Concern

Zwergsturmschwalbe

Oceanodroma microsoma

Least Concern

Zwergsultanshuhn

Porphyrio martinica

Least Concern

Zwergtäubchen

Columbina minuta

Least Concern

Zwergtodityrann

Hemitriccus minimus

Least Concern

Zwergwal

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Least Concern

Zymbelkraut

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Zypressenkraut

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Not Evaluated

cup-and-saucer-vine

Cobaea scandens

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

saramatta grass

Ischaemum rugosum

Least Concern

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

Glenwoodgrass

Sacciolepis indica

Least Concern

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

ivory palm

Phytelephas aequatorialis

Near Threatened

verdant bamboo

Bambusa tuldoides

Not Evaluated

Flemingia

Flemingia macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque

Vulnerable

Andean White-eared Opossum

Didelphis pernigra

Least Concern

Montane Colilargo

Microryzomys minutus

Least Concern

mountain paca

Cuniculus taczanowskii

Near Threatened

Black Myotis

Myotis nigricans

Least Concern

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus discolor

Least Concern

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira ludovici

Least Concern

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira erythromos

Least Concern

Alpaca

Vicugna pacos

Not Evaluated

black agouti

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

Least Concern

Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys australis

Least Concern

Miller's Saki

Pithecia milleri

Data Deficient

white-bellied slender mouse opossum

Marmosops noctivagus

Least Concern

green acouchi

Myoprocta pratti

Least Concern

White-tailed Olalla Rat

Olallamys albicauda

Data Deficient

Antarctic Minke Whale

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Near Threatened

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira magna

Least Concern

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Lionycteris spurrelli

Least Concern

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla orienticollina

Data Deficient

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