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
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
Spectral Bat
Vampyrum spectrum
MacConnell's Bat
Mesophylla macconnelli
Common Tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum
Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus hastatus
Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira bogotensis
Tiny Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris minuta
pygmy marmoset
Cebuella pygmaea
Black-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus nigricollis
black agouti
Dasyprocta fuliginosa
blackish shrew opossum
Caenolestes convelatus
Galapagos sea lion
Zalophus wollebaeki
Sepia short-tailed opossum
Monodelphis adusta
Esmeraldas Antbird
Sipia nigricauda
Big Free-tailed Bat
Nyctinomops macrotis
Andean Chilomys
Chilomys instans
Hairy Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma villosum
Woolly False Vampire Bat
Chrotopterus auritus
Lake Titicaca Frog
Telmatobius culeus
Proboscis Bat
Rhynchonycteris naso
Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat
Eumops hansae
Broad-footed Rhipidomys
Rhipidomys latimanus
Golden Thomasomys
Thomasomys aureus
Dusky melanomys
Melanomys caliginosus
Montane Myotis
Myotis oxyotus
Humboldt's Big-eared Brown Bat
Histiotus humboldti
fringe-lipped bat
Trachops cirrhosus
Lesser Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus elongatus
Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira aratathomasi
Little Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris megalotis
Common Sword-nosed Bat
Lonchorhina aurita
Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus albericoi
Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus vittatus
Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus dorsalis
Gray-bellied Caenolestid
Caenolestes caniventer
Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys australis
Gouldian Finch
Erythrura gouldiae
Rufous Mouse Opossum
Marmosa lepida
Anderson s Four-eyed Opossum
Philander andersoni
Thomas's Shaggy Bat
Centronycteris centralis
western mastiff bat
Eumops perotis
Green and black poison dart frog
Dendrobates auratus
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diphylla ecaudata
Brown Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus concolor
Greater Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx kappleri
Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx leptura
Big Crested Mastiff Bat
Promops centralis
Silver-bellied Ichthyomyine
Ichthyomys hydrobates
Little Black Serotine
Eptesicus andinus
Argentinian Brown Bat
Eptesicus furinalis
Silver-tipped Myotis
Myotis albescens
Thomas's Yellow Bat
Rhogeessa io
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