Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
achillée mille-feuilles
Achillea millefolium
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
Agouti Ponctué
Dasyprocta punctata
agrostis commun
Agrostis capillaris
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
Amazone à front jaune
Amazona ochrocephala
Amazone aourou
Amazona amazonica
Amazone mercenaire
Amazona mercenaria
Ecoregions
Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Napo moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Western Ecuador moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Ecuadorian dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Tumbes-Piura dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Guayaquil flooded grasslands
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas · Neotropic
All Species in Ecuador
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
Common asparagus fern
Asparagus setaceus
American oil palm
Elaeis oleifera
Pond lovegrass
Eragrostis japonica
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
birdflower
Crotalaria agatiflora
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
Flat-top mille graines
Oldenlandia corymbosa
ivory palm
Phytelephas aequatorialis
bagflower
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
verdant bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides
Red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Sea fig
Carpobrotus chilensis
Short-tailed Sigmodontomys
Sigmodontomys alfari
Peach
Prunus persica
Narrow-footed Neacomys
Neacomys tenuipes
Four-toed Hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Red Bat (known as the Western Red Bat in North America)
Lasiurus blossevillii
Lesser Long-tongued Bat
Choeroniscus minor
Little Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma trinitatum
Dark fruit-eating bat
Artibeus obscurus
Yellow-banded Poison Frog
Dendrobates leucomelas
aquatic rat
Anotomys leander
Southern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus ega
Greater Long-tongued Bat
Choeroniscus periosus
green acouchi
Myoprocta pratti
White-tailed Olalla Rat
Olallamys albicauda
Smoky Bat
Amorphochilus schnablii
Antarctic Minke Whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Andean Caenolestid
Caenolestes condorensis
Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira magna
Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Lionycteris spurrelli
Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla orienticollina
Goldman's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla concava
Carriker's Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma carrikeri
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyriscus bidens
Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus umbratus
Great Stripe-faced Bat
Vampyrodes caraccioli
Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris keenani
Striped Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris crenulatum
Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus gnomus
Little Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus ravus
Quichua Porcupine
Coendou quichua
spiny tree rat
Mesomys hispidus
Napo Spiny-rat
Proechimys quadruplicatus
Amazon Bamboo Rat
Dactylomys dactylinus
armored rat
Hoplomys gymnurus
Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat
Makalata macrura
rufous tree rat
Diplomys labilis
huallaga spiny rat
Proechimys brevicauda
Tome's spiny rat
Proechimys semispinosus
Cuvier s Spiny-rat
Proechimys cuvieri
Simon s Spiny-rat
Proechimys simonsi
yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat
Isothrix bistriata
Womurs Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus rubiginosus
Ucucha Thomasomys
Thomasomys ucucha
Hudson s Thomaomys
Thomasomys hudsoni
Smoky Oldfield Mouse
Thomasomys fumeus
Sylvan Thomasomys
Thomasomys silvestris
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