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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

Chocoan Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla chocoana

Data Deficient

Handley's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla handleyi

Least Concern

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris cadenai

Least Concern

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris pattoni

Least Concern

Striped Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus nymphaea

Least Concern

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus ismaeli

Vulnerable

Western Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus nitelinea

Data Deficient

Slender Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus angustirostris

Least Concern

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus incarum

Least Concern

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes major

Least Concern

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla alethina

Near Threatened

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus aequatorialis

Least Concern

Rosenberg's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus rosenbergi

Data Deficient

Ecuadorean Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys teleus

Vulnerable

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

Annual canarygrass

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

Common Wild Oats

Avena fatua

Least Concern

Bulbous Oatgrass

Arrhenatherum elatius

Least Concern

Stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Water foxtail

Alopecurus geniculatus

Least Concern

Absinth Sagewort

Artemisia absinthium

Not Evaluated

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Pot marigold

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

Pomegranate

Punica granatum

Not Evaluated

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

Bottle gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

Not Evaluated

Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

Not Evaluated

Blue Field Madder

Sherardia arvensis

Extinct

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Horehound

Marrubium vulgare

Not Evaluated

Carpenter Weed

Prunella vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Apple Mint

Mentha suaveolens

Least Concern

Black Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Glandular Plantain

Plantago afra

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Bell-Bean

Vicia faba

Not Evaluated

Tiny vetch

Vicia hirsuta

Least Concern

Bengal Gram

Cicer arietinum

Not Evaluated

Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

Not Evaluated

Bluecrown passionflower

Passiflora caerulea

Not Evaluated

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Annual candytuft

Iberis amara

Not Evaluated

Annual Wall-rocket

Diplotaxis muralis

Least Concern

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Common Onion

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Common Fig

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Common Pear

Pyrus communis

Data Deficient

Lesser Prickly Sedge

Carex muricata

Near Threatened

Common Silver Hairgrass

Aira caryophyllea

Endangered

Tropical almond

Terminalia catappa

Not Evaluated

Swamp morning-glory

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

Wild parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

American Burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

Not Evaluated

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