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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

Bushy-tailed Opossum

Glironia venusta

Least Concern

white-bellied slender mouse opossum

Marmosops noctivagus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Balantiopteryx infusca

Endangered

green acouchi

Myoprocta pratti

Least Concern

White-tailed Olalla Rat

Olallamys albicauda

Data Deficient

Smoky Bat

Amorphochilus schnablii

Vulnerable

Antarctic Minke Whale

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Near Threatened

Andean Caenolestid

Caenolestes condorensis

Vulnerable

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira magna

Least Concern

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Lionycteris spurrelli

Least Concern

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla orienticollina

Data Deficient

Goldman's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla concava

Near Threatened

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma carrikeri

Least Concern

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus bidens

Least Concern

Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus umbratus

Data Deficient

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes caraccioli

Least Concern

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris keenani

Least Concern

Striped Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris crenulatum

Least Concern

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus gnomus

Least Concern

Little Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus ravus

Least Concern

Quichua Porcupine

Coendou quichua

Data Deficient

spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

Least Concern

Napo Spiny-rat

Proechimys quadruplicatus

Least Concern

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Dactylomys dactylinus

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

Common wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not Evaluated

Common barley

Hordeum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Pot marigold

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

Pomegranate

Punica granatum

Not Evaluated

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Oenothera glazioviana

Not Evaluated

Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

Not Evaluated

Blue Field Madder

Sherardia arvensis

Extinct

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium

Critically Endangered

Balm

Melissa officinalis

Not Evaluated

River Maple

Acer saccharinum

Not Evaluated

Indian Pea

Lathyrus sativus

Not Evaluated

Bengal Gram

Cicer arietinum

Not Evaluated

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