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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
17,643,060
Area
276,841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 8
Endangered 19
Vulnerable 39
Near Threatened 34
Least Concern 401
Data Deficient 52
Not Evaluated 350
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

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

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

Chilean recluse spider

Loxosceles laeta

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

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