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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

armored rat

Hoplomys gymnurus

Least Concern

Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat

Makalata macrura

Least Concern

rufous tree rat

Diplomys labilis

Least Concern

huallaga spiny rat

Proechimys brevicauda

Least Concern

Tome's spiny rat

Proechimys semispinosus

Least Concern

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

Proechimys cuvieri

Least Concern

Simon s Spiny-rat

Proechimys simonsi

Least Concern

yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

Isothrix bistriata

Least Concern

Womurs Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus rubiginosus

Least Concern

Splendid Woodpecker

Campephilus splendens

Near Threatened

Wandering Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis montivaga

Least Concern

Plain Xenops

Xenops genibarbis

Least Concern

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilus

Least Concern

Western Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseus

Least Concern

Wilson’s Bonneted Bat

Eumops wilsoni

Data Deficient

Equatorial Dog-faced Bat

Cabreramops aequatorianus

Not Evaluated

Fenton's Mastiff Bat

Molossus fentoni

Least Concern

Thomas's Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops mastivus

Least Concern

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Promops davisoni

Data Deficient

Large Fernandina Galapagos Mouse

Nesoryzomys narboroughi

Vulnerable

Santiago Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys swarthi

Vulnerable

Darwin s Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys darwini

Extinct

Santa Cruz Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys indefessus

Extinct

Fernandina Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys fernandinae

Vulnerable

Peruvian Cotton Rat

Sigmodon peruanus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Cotton Rat

Sigmodon inopinatus

Vulnerable

Peruvian Ichthyomyine

Neusticomys peruviensis

Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Nephelomys moerex

Extinct

Hammond's Oryzomys

Mindomys hammondi

Endangered

Galapágos Giant Rat

Megaoryzomys curioi

Extinct

Stolzmann s Ichthyomyine

Ichthyomys stolzmanni

Data Deficient

Tweedy's crab eating rat

Ichthyomys tweedii

Data Deficient

Baron's Rice Rat

Aegialomys baroni

Least Concern

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

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Chilean recluse spider

Loxosceles laeta

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera lavali

Data Deficient

Maranon white fronted capuchin

Cebus yuracus

Near Threatened

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus aequatorialis

Critically Endangered

Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus lagonotus

Least Concern

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus tripartitus

Near Threatened

Eastern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella niveiventris

Vulnerable

Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus fraterculus

Least Concern

Yungas Akodont

Akodon aerosus

Least Concern

Soft-furred Akodont

Akodon mollis

Least Concern

Ecuadorean Akodont

Neomicroxus latebricola

Endangered

Galapagos Oryzomys

Aegialomys galapagoensis

Vulnerable

Yellowish Oryzomys

Aegialomys xanthaeolus

Least Concern

Chibchan water mouse

Chibchanomys orcesi

Data Deficient

Ucayali Water Rat

Amphinectomys savamis

Data Deficient

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Rhipidomys albujai

Data Deficient

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