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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

Large-billed Seed-Finch

Sporophila crassirostris

Least Concern

Little spotted cat

Leopardus tigrinus

Vulnerable

kinkajou

Potos flavus

Least Concern

common opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

Least Concern

dwarf sperm whale

Kogia sima

Data Deficient

disc web spiders

Oecobius navus

Least Concern

American mink

Mustela vison

Not Evaluated

Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca diadema

Least Concern

Little fire ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

Not Evaluated

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Least Concern

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Data Deficient

pantropical spotted dolphin

Stenella attenuata

Least Concern

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Steatoda grossa

Least Concern

brown-throated three-toed sloth

Bradypus variegatus

Least Concern

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

Sporophila angolensis

Least Concern

Black-chested Mountain-Tanager

Cnemathraupis eximia

Least Concern

red howler monkey

Alouatta seniculus

Least Concern

Crowned Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca frontalis

Least Concern

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Least Concern

jaguar

Panthera onca

Near Threatened

Lowland Tapir

Tapirus terrestris

Vulnerable

Variegated Bristle-Tyrant

Phylloscartes poecilotis

Least Concern

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant

Phylloscartes ophthalmicus

Least Concern

Lesser Kiskadee

Pitangus lictor

Least Concern

Coopmans's Elaenia

Elaenia brachyptera

Least Concern

Lion

Panthera leo

Vulnerable

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Cantaloupe

Cucumis melo

Not Evaluated

Bokhara Clover

Melilotus albus

Not Evaluated

Annual yellow sweetclover

Melilotus indicus

Not Evaluated

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Common catchfly

Silene gallica

Extinct

Indian teasel

Dipsacus sativus

Not Evaluated

Hairy Love Grass

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

Wild parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

custard-apple

Annona squamosa

Not Evaluated

Cashew

Anacardium occidentale

Not Evaluated

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Florida royal palm

Roystonea regia

Not Evaluated

Indiantree spurge

Euphorbia tirucalli

Not Evaluated

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Blood sage

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

canary-creeper

Tropaeolum peregrinum

Not Evaluated

Adherent Bristle-grass

Setaria adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Sorghum

Sorghum arundinaceum

Least Concern

Montpellier Broom

Genista monspessulana

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Zimbabwe creeper

Podranea ricasoliana

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

saramatta grass

Ischaemum rugosum

Least Concern

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

Mexican viper

Maurandya barclayana

Not Evaluated

Texas Mulberry

Morus celtidifolia

Least Concern

Red ginger

Alpinia purpurata

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

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