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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

Fernandina Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys fernandinae

Vulnerable

Santa Cruz Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys indefessus

Extinct

Gartered Trogon

Trogon caligatus

Least Concern

Amazonian Trogon

Trogon ramonianus

Least Concern

Darwin s Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys darwini

Extinct

Santiago Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys swarthi

Vulnerable

Large Fernandina Galapagos Mouse

Nesoryzomys narboroughi

Vulnerable

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Promops davisoni

Data Deficient

Thomas's Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops mastivus

Least Concern

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

Molossus fentoni

Least Concern

Equatorial Dog-faced Bat

Cabreramops aequatorianus

Not Evaluated

Wilson’s Bonneted Bat

Eumops wilsoni

Data Deficient

Western Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseus

Least Concern

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilus

Least Concern

Plain Xenops

Xenops genibarbis

Least Concern

Wandering Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis montivaga

Least Concern

Splendid Woodpecker

Campephilus splendens

Near Threatened

Pacific Cacique

Cacicus pacificus

Least Concern

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa simonsi

Not Evaluated

Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia julie

Least Concern

Womurs Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus rubiginosus

Least Concern

yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

Isothrix bistriata

Least Concern

Simon s Spiny-rat

Proechimys simonsi

Least Concern

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

Proechimys cuvieri

Least Concern

Tome's spiny rat

Proechimys semispinosus

Least Concern

huallaga spiny rat

Proechimys brevicauda

Least Concern

rufous tree rat

Diplomys labilis

Least Concern

Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat

Makalata macrura

Least Concern

armored rat

Hoplomys gymnurus

Least Concern

Western Amazonian Oryzomys

Hylaeamys perenensis

Least Concern

Long-nosed Scolomys

Scolomys ucayalensis

Least Concern

Páramo Thomasomys

Thomasomys paramorum

Least Concern

Large Oecomys

Oecomys superans

Least Concern

Tschudi s Colilargo

Oligoryzomys destructor

Least Concern

Ecuadoran Akodont

Necromys punctulatus

Data Deficient

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Nephelomys auriventer

Least Concern

Lesser Golden-bellied Rice Rat

Nephelomys nimbosus

Vulnerable

Western Amazonian Nectomys

Nectomys apicalis

Least Concern

Golden Poison Frog

Phyllobates terribilis

Endangered

Waorani Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops tonkigui

Least Concern

Western Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops kuizha

Not Evaluated

Rio Negro Silky Anteater

Cyclopes ida

Least Concern

Guianan Bonneted Bat

Eumops maurus

Least Concern

Pale-winged Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx pallidoptera

Data Deficient

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis niausa

Data Deficient

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis equatoris

Least Concern

Bishop s Slender Opossum

Marmosops bishopi

Least Concern

Zeledon’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa zeledoni

Least Concern

Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Vulnerable

Thumbless Bat

Furipterus horrens

Least Concern

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Dactylomys dactylinus

Least Concern

Napo Spiny-rat

Proechimys quadruplicatus

Least Concern

spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

Least Concern

Quichua Porcupine

Coendou quichua

Data Deficient

American Bull Frog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Not Evaluated

Little Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus ravus

Least Concern

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus gnomus

Least Concern

Striped Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris crenulatum

Least Concern

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris keenani

Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes caraccioli

Least Concern

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