Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Baagh
Panthera tigris
Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Lionycteris spurrelli
Andean Caenolestid
Caenolestes condorensis
Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus albericoi
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer
Amazon River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Bushy-tailed Opossum
Glironia venusta
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
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diphylla ecaudata
Hammond's Oryzomys
Mindomys hammondi
Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira erythromos
Handley's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla handleyi
Guianan Bonneted Bat
Eumops maurus
Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira ludovici
Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri cassiquiarensis
Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus incarum
Lesser Golden-bellied Rice Rat
Nephelomys nimbosus
Lesser Bulldog Bat
Noctilio albiventris
Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira luisi
MacConnell's Bat
Mesophylla macconnelli
Atlantic Dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Miller's Saki
Pithecia milleri
Mongolian gerbil
Meriones unguiculatus
Mountain Coati
Nasua olivacea
Niceforo's Bat
Trinycteris nicefori
Neotropical otter
Lontra longicaudis
Olinguito
Bassaricyon neblina
Pichincha Thomasomys
Thomasomys vulcani
puma
Puma concolor
Alpaca
Vicugna pacos
Amazonian Oryzomys
Hylaeamys yunganus
American mink
Mustela vison
Big Free-tailed Bat
Nyctinomops macrotis
Bishop s Slender Opossum
Marmosops bishopi
Bonda Mastiff Bat
Molossus bondae
Brazilian Brown Bat
Eptesicus brasiliensis
Brown-eared Woolly Opossum
Caluromys lanatus
Brown Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus concolor
Cinnamon-colored Thomasomys
Thomasomys cinnameus
Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga commissarisi
Cuvier's beaked whale
Ziphius cavirostris
Diminutive Myotis
Myotis diminutus
Ecuadoran Akodont
Necromys punctulatus
Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis equatoris
Ecuadorean Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys teleus
Giovanni's Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris giovanniae
Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin
Leontocebus tripartitus
Goldman's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla concava
Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus vittatus
Greater Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx kappleri
Greater Long-tongued Bat
Choeroniscus periosus
Hairy Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris hirsuta
Hairy Little Fruit Bat
Rhinophylla alethina
Hare's-tail
Lagurus ovatus
Harmless Serotine
Eptesicus innoxius
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
Choloepus hoffmanni
Hudson s Thomaomys
Thomasomys hudsoni
Lesser Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx macrotis
Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx leptura
Little Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma trinitatum
Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyressa melissa
Mira Climbing Rat
Tylomys mirae
Pale Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus discolor
Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
American Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Big Finner
Balaenoptera physalus
Black-billed Mountain-Toucan
Andigena nigrirostris
Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager
Anisognathus notabilis
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