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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
17.643.060
Area
276.841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 8
Endangered 19
Vulnerable 39
Near Threatened 34
Least Concern 401
Data Deficient 52
Not Evaluated 350
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Ecuadoran Oryzomys

Oreoryzomys balneator

Data Deficient

Western White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus albogularis

Least Concern

Olive-striped Flycatcher

Mionectes galbinus

Least Concern

Andean Cottontail

Sylvilagus andinus

Data Deficient

dark spiny tree-rat

Echimys saturnus

Data Deficient

Pacific Spiny-rat

Proechimys decumanus

Near Threatened

Sangay Shrew-opossum

Caenolestes sangay

Vulnerable

Ecuadorean Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys teleus

Vulnerable

Lesser Ghost Bat

Diclidurus scutatus

Least Concern

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Chilean recluse spider

Loxosceles laeta

Not Evaluated

Waterhouse’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa waterhousei

Data Deficient

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera discifera

Least Concern

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera lavali

Data Deficient

Andean Pericote

Phyllotis andium

Least Concern

Ecuadoran Pericote

Phyllotis haggardi

Least Concern

Western Dwarf Squirrel

Microsciurus mimulus

Least Concern

South American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes villosissimus

Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

Eptesicus innoxius

Near Threatened

Armien's Myotis

Myotis armiensis

Data Deficient

Ecuadorian Little Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa velilla

Data Deficient

Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira nana

Endangered

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

Sturnira perla

Data Deficient

Giovanni's Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris giovanniae

Data Deficient

Orces's Long-tongued Bat

Lonchophylla orcesi

Data Deficient

Western Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla hesperia

Near Threatened

Western Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma occidentale

Least Concern

Matapalo Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus matapalensis

Near Threatened

Brown-bellied Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus fusciventris

Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes caraccioli

Least Concern

Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus umbratus

Data Deficient

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus bidens

Least Concern

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma carrikeri

Least Concern

Goldman's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla concava

Near Threatened

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla orienticollina

Data Deficient

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Lionycteris spurrelli

Least Concern

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira magna

Least Concern

Antarctic Minke Whale

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Near Threatened

Blue-throated Hillstar

Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

Critically Endangered

Silvery Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus glaucus

Least Concern

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus helleri

Least Concern

Pygmy Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma brasiliense

Least Concern

Orange-throated Bat

Lampronycteris brachyotis

Least Concern

Orange Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla robusta

Least Concern

Tilda's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira tildae

Least Concern

Niceforo's Bat

Trinycteris nicefori

Least Concern

Brown Tent-making Bat

Uroderma magnirostrum

Least Concern

Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyressa thyone

Least Concern

Thomas's Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa io

Least Concern

Silver-tipped Myotis

Myotis albescens

Least Concern

Argentinian Brown Bat

Eptesicus furinalis

Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

Eptesicus andinus

Least Concern

Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys australis

Least Concern

Esmeraldas Antbird

Sipia nigricauda

Least Concern

Sepia short-tailed opossum

Monodelphis adusta

Least Concern

Lesser Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx macrotis

Least Concern

Zeledon's Antbird

Hafferia zeledoni

Least Concern

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

greater bulldog bat

Noctilio leporinus

Least Concern

axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Critically Endangered

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