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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

mescal agave

Agave angustifolia

Least Concern

Showy chalicevine

Solandra grandiflora

Least Concern

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Lindenleaf sage

Salvia tiliifolia

Least Concern

apple geranium

Pelargonium odoratissimum

Not Evaluated

Red Mouse Opossum

Marmosa rubra

Data Deficient

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied Caenolestid

Caenolestes caniventer

Near Threatened

Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys australis

Least Concern

Western Lowland Olingo

Bassaricyon medius

Least Concern

Miller's Saki

Pithecia milleri

Data Deficient

Bushy-tailed Opossum

Glironia venusta

Least Concern

white-bellied slender mouse opossum

Marmosops noctivagus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Balantiopteryx infusca

Endangered

Equatorial Saki

Pithecia aequatorialis

Least Concern

Napo Saki

Pithecia napensis

Least Concern

Black Bonneted Bat

Eumops auripendulus

Least Concern

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

Molossops temminckii

Least Concern

Central American Silky Anteater

Cyclopes dorsalis

Least Concern

Black Mastiff Bat

Molossus rufus

Least Concern

Coiban Mastuff Bat

Molossus coibensis

Least Concern

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops laticaudatus

Least Concern

White-footed Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys leucodactylus

Least Concern

Mira Climbing Rat

Tylomys mirae

Least Concern

Robert s Oecomys

Oecomys roberti

Least Concern

Long-furred Oecomys

Oecomys trinitatis

Least Concern

Páramo Colilargo

Microryzomys altissimus

Least Concern

White-bellied Oecomys

Oecomys bicolor

Least Concern

Silky Thomasomys

Thomasomys bombycinus

Data Deficient

Short-faced Thomasomys

Thomasomys baeops

Least Concern

Cinnamon-colored Thomasomys

Thomasomys cinnameus

Least Concern

Amazonian Oryzomys

Hylaeamys yunganus

Least Concern

MacConnell's Oryzomys

Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Least Concern

Cauca River Myotis

Myotis caucensis

Least Concern

Tricolored Bat

Glyphonycteris sylvestris

Least Concern

Graybeard Bat

Glyphonycteris daviesi

Least Concern

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyressa melissa

Vulnerable

Dark Long-tongued Bat

Lichonycteris obscura

Least Concern

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Lichonycteris degener

Least Concern

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

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Cut-Leaf Mignonette

Reseda lutea

Least Concern

Dwarf Mallow

Malva pusilla

Vulnerable

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Hedgemustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Least Concern

Rampion bellflower

Campanula rapunculoides

Least Concern

Fiddle dock

Rumex pulcher

Not Evaluated

Common Silver Hairgrass

Aira caryophyllea

Endangered

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

hyssop loosestrife

Lythrum hyssopifolia

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Annual Saltmarsh Aster

Symphyotrichum subulatum

Not Evaluated

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

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