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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
17,643,060
Area
276,841 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

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

Andean Pericote

Phyllotis andium

Least Concern

Ecuadoran Pericote

Phyllotis haggardi

Least Concern

Western Dwarf Squirrel

Microsciurus mimulus

Least Concern

South American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes villosissimus

Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

Eptesicus innoxius

Near Threatened

Armien's Myotis

Myotis armiensis

Data Deficient

Ecuadorian Little Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa velilla

Data Deficient

Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira nana

Endangered

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

Sturnira perla

Data Deficient

Giovanni's Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris giovanniae

Data Deficient

Orces's Long-tongued Bat

Lonchophylla orcesi

Data Deficient

Western Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla hesperia

Near Threatened

Western Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma occidentale

Least Concern

Matapalo Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus matapalensis

Near Threatened

Brown-bellied Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus fusciventris

Least Concern

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

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

ass

Equus asinus

Not Evaluated

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Amazonian manatee

Trichechus inunguis

Vulnerable

Southern elephant seal

Mirounga leonina

Least Concern

white-lipped peccary

Tayassu pecari

Vulnerable

brown woolly monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Vulnerable

Pallas's Long-tongued Bat

Glossophaga soricina

Least Concern

greater grison

Galictis vittata

Least Concern

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus planirostris

Least Concern

Jelski's Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca jelskii

Least Concern

tufted capuchin

Sapajus apella

Least Concern

Tucuxi

Sotalia fluviatilis

Data Deficient

Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

Least Concern

pacarana

Dinomys branickii

Vulnerable

Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

Mormoops megalophylla

Least Concern

Red Mouse Opossum

Marmosa rubra

Data Deficient

black agouti

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

Least Concern

blackish shrew opossum

Caenolestes convelatus

Vulnerable

Galapagos sea lion

Zalophus wollebaeki

Endangered

Gray-bellied Caenolestid

Caenolestes caniventer

Near Threatened

Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys australis

Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Diphylla ecaudata

Least Concern

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