Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
ananaí
Amazonetta brasiliensis
andorinhão-serrano
Aeronautes montivagus
Anta
Tapirus terrestris
araçari-de-bico-preto
Andigena nigrirostris
araracanga
Ara macao
arara-canindé
Ara ararauna
arara-vermelha
Ara chloropterus
Ecoregions
Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Napo moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Western Ecuador moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Ecuadorian dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Tumbes-Piura dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Guayaquil flooded grasslands
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas · Neotropic
All Species in Ecuador
Zeledon’s Mouse Opossum
Marmosa zeledoni
Bishop s Slender Opossum
Marmosops bishopi
Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis equatoris
Blind Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis niausa
Pale-winged Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx pallidoptera
Guianan Bonneted Bat
Eumops maurus
Rio Negro Silky Anteater
Cyclopes ida
Western Dog-faced Bat
Cynomops kuizha
Waorani Dog-faced Bat
Cynomops tonkigui
Golden Poison Frog
Phyllobates terribilis
Western Amazonian Nectomys
Nectomys apicalis
Lesser Golden-bellied Rice Rat
Nephelomys nimbosus
Ecuadorean Rice Rat
Nephelomys auriventer
Ecuadoran Akodont
Necromys punctulatus
Tschudi s Colilargo
Oligoryzomys destructor
Large Oecomys
Oecomys superans
Páramo Thomasomys
Thomasomys paramorum
Long-nosed Scolomys
Scolomys ucayalensis
Western Amazonian Oryzomys
Hylaeamys perenensis
Bolivar Rice Rat
Transandinomys bolivaris
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer
Velvety Myotis
Myotis simus
Diminutive Myotis
Myotis diminutus
Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga commissarisi
Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira koopmanhilli
Baker's Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira bakeri
Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira giannae
Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira oporaphilum
Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat
Lonchophylla fornicata
Chocoan Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla chocoana
Handley's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla handleyi
Cadena’s Nectar Bat
Hsunycteris cadenai
Patton’s Nectar Bat
Hsunycteris pattoni
Striped Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyriscus nymphaea
Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus ismaeli
Western Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus nitelinea
Slender Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus angustirostris
Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus incarum
Great Stripe-faced Bat
Vampyrodes major
Hairy Little Fruit Bat
Rhinophylla alethina
Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus aequatorialis
Rosenberg's Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus rosenbergi
armored rat
Hoplomys gymnurus
Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat
Makalata macrura
rufous tree rat
Diplomys labilis
huallaga spiny rat
Proechimys brevicauda
Tome's spiny rat
Proechimys semispinosus
Cuvier s Spiny-rat
Proechimys cuvieri
Simon s Spiny-rat
Proechimys simonsi
yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat
Isothrix bistriata
Womurs Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus rubiginosus
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Amazilia julie
Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Marmosa simonsi
Pacific Cacique
Cacicus pacificus
Splendid Woodpecker
Campephilus splendens
Wandering Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis montivaga
Plain Xenops
Xenops genibarbis
Streaked Xenops
Xenops rutilus
Western Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseus
Ucucha Thomasomys
Thomasomys ucucha
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