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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
17643060
Area
276841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 17
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 108
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1728
Data Deficient 67
Not Evaluated 379
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat

Glossophaga commissarisi

Least Concern

Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira koopmanhilli

Data Deficient

Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira bakeri

Least Concern

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira giannae

Least Concern

Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira oporaphilum

Near Threatened

Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat

Lonchophylla fornicata

Data Deficient

Chocoan Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla chocoana

Data Deficient

Handley's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla handleyi

Least Concern

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris cadenai

Least Concern

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris pattoni

Least Concern

Striped Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus nymphaea

Least Concern

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus ismaeli

Vulnerable

Western Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus nitelinea

Data Deficient

Slender Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus angustirostris

Least Concern

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus incarum

Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes major

Least Concern

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla alethina

Near Threatened

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus aequatorialis

Least Concern

Rosenberg's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus rosenbergi

Data Deficient

Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia julie

Least Concern

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa simonsi

Not Evaluated

Pacific Cacique

Cacicus pacificus

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

Ucucha Thomasomys

Thomasomys ucucha

Vulnerable

Hudson s Thomaomys

Thomasomys hudsoni

Vulnerable

Smoky Oldfield Mouse

Thomasomys fumeus

Data Deficient

Sylvan Thomasomys

Thomasomys silvestris

Least Concern

Wandering Thomasomys

Thomasomys erro

Least Concern

Taczanowski s Thomasomys

Thomasomys taczanowskii

Least Concern

White-tipped Thomasomys

Thomasomys caudivarius

Least Concern

Olive-gray Thomasomys

Thomasomys cinereus

Least Concern

Red Andean Oldfield Mouse

Thomasomys auricularis

Data Deficient

Pichincha Thomasomys

Thomasomys vulcani

Least Concern

Short-nosed Scolomys

Scolomys melanops

Least Concern

Tate's Oryzomys

Hylaeamys tatei

Data Deficient

Robust melanomys

Melanomys robustulus

Least Concern

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