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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
36
CR + EN + VU
Population
17,643,060
Area
276,841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 11
Vulnerable 23
Near Threatened 19
Least Concern 266
Data Deficient 40
Not Evaluated 181
Extinct 9

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Green and black poison dart frog

Dendrobates auratus

Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Diphylla ecaudata

Least Concern

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus concolor

Least Concern

Greater Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx kappleri

Least Concern

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx leptura

Least Concern

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

Promops centralis

Least Concern

Silver-bellied Ichthyomyine

Ichthyomys hydrobates

Near Threatened

Western Lowland Olingo

Bassaricyon medius

Least Concern

Miller's Saki

Pithecia milleri

Data Deficient

Bushy-tailed Opossum

Glironia venusta

Least Concern

white-bellied slender mouse opossum

Marmosops noctivagus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Balantiopteryx infusca

Endangered

Yellow-banded Poison Frog

Dendrobates leucomelas

Least Concern

aquatic rat

Anotomys leander

Endangered

Southern Yellow Bat

Dasypterus ega

Least Concern

Greater Long-tongued Bat

Choeroniscus periosus

Vulnerable

Florida Crayfish

Procambarus alleni

Least Concern

Spix's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera tricolor

Least Concern

White-winged Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx leucoptera

Least Concern

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Cormura brevirostris

Least Concern

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Eumops nanus

Least Concern

Bonda Mastiff Bat

Molossus bondae

Least Concern

montane fish eating rat

Neusticomys monticolus

Least Concern

Tomes's Rice Rat

Nephelomys albigularis

Least Concern

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Oligoryzomys delicatus

Data Deficient

Talamancan Rice Rat

Transandinomys talamancae

Least Concern

Chiriquinan Serotine

Eptesicus chiriquinus

Least Concern

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Uroderma convexum

Not Evaluated

Luis's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira luisi

Least Concern

Schmidt's Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris schmidtorum

Least Concern

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris hirsuta

Least Concern

White-winged Vampire Bat

Diaemus youngii

Least Concern

Pale-faced Bat

Phylloderma stenops

Least Concern

Thomas's Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris thomasi

Least Concern

Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus brachycephalus

Least Concern

Buffy Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus infuscus

Least Concern

Dwarf Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla pumilio

Least Concern

Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla fischerae

Least Concern

Visored Bat

Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

Data Deficient

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus anderseni

Least Concern

green acouchi

Myoprocta pratti

Least Concern

White-tailed Olalla Rat

Olallamys albicauda

Data Deficient

Blue-throated Hillstar

Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

Critically Endangered

Equatorial Saki

Pithecia aequatorialis

Least Concern

Napo Saki

Pithecia napensis

Least Concern

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Rhipidomys albujai

Data Deficient

Ucayali Water Rat

Amphinectomys savamis

Data Deficient

Chibchan water mouse

Chibchanomys orcesi

Data Deficient

Yellowish Oryzomys

Aegialomys xanthaeolus

Least Concern

Galapagos Oryzomys

Aegialomys galapagoensis

Vulnerable

Ecuadorean Akodont

Neomicroxus latebricola

Endangered

Soft-furred Akodont

Akodon mollis

Least Concern

Yungas Akodont

Akodon aerosus

Least Concern

Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus fraterculus

Least Concern

Eastern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella niveiventris

Vulnerable

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus tripartitus

Near Threatened

Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus lagonotus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus aequatorialis

Critically Endangered

Maranon white fronted capuchin

Cebus yuracus

Near Threatened

Smoky Bat

Amorphochilus schnablii

Vulnerable

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