Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
S̄eụ̄x krong
Panthera tigris
Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Lionycteris spurrelli
Andean Caenolestid
Caenolestes condorensis
Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus albericoi
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer
Amazon River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Bushy-tailed Opossum
Glironia venusta
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
northern pudu
Pudu mephistophiles
red brocket
Mazama americana
capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
brown woolly monkey
Lagothrix lagothricha
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga soricina
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
silky shrew opossum
Caenolestes fuliginosus
spitting spiders
Scytodes fusca
striped hog-nosed skunk
Conepatus semistriatus
Yellow-handed Titi
Cheracebus lucifer
Red-crowned Titi
Plecturocebus discolor
Ecuador Red Brocket
Mazama rufina
Coqui frog
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Argentinean Horned Frog
Ceratophrys ornata
Velvety free-tailed bat
Molossus molossus
greater grison
Galictis vittata
Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus planirostris
Jelski's Chat-Tyrant
Ochthoeca jelskii
tufted capuchin
Sapajus apella
Tucuxi
Sotalia fluviatilis
Galapagos fur seal
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
South American fur seal
Arctocephalus australis
white-nosed coati
Nasua narica
Derby s Woolly Opossum
Caluromys derbianus
Montane Colilargo
Microryzomys minutus
mountain paca
Cuniculus taczanowskii
Black Myotis
Myotis nigricans
Pale Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus discolor
Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira ludovici
Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira erythromos
Alpaca
Vicugna pacos
Colombian Crake
Mustelirallus colombianus
Japanese Macaque
Macaca fuscata
Sechuran fox
Lycalopex sechurae
Pygmy Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon peruvianus
Ring-tailed Lemur
Lemur catta
axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
Olinguito
Bassaricyon neblina
Lesser Bulldog Bat
Noctilio albiventris
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Striped Desert Hamster
Phodopus sungorus
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
pacarana
Dinomys branickii
Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Mormoops megalophylla
Cave cobweb spider
Eidmannella pallida
Yellow-headed Manakin
Xenopipo flavicapilla
greater bulldog bat
Noctilio leporinus
Zeledon's Antbird
Hafferia zeledoni
Lesser Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx macrotis
Short-tailed Sigmodontomys
Sigmodontomys alfari
Narrow-footed Neacomys
Neacomys tenuipes
Four-toed Hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Red Bat (known as the Western Red Bat in North America)
Lasiurus blossevillii
Lesser Long-tongued Bat
Choeroniscus minor
Little Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma trinitatum
Dark fruit-eating bat
Artibeus obscurus
Red Mouse Opossum
Marmosa rubra
Riparian Myotis
Myotis riparius
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