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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
17,643,060
Area
276,841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 17
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 108
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1728
Data Deficient 67
Not Evaluated 379
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus anderseni

Least Concern

Blue-throated Hillstar

Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

Critically Endangered

Equatorial Saki

Pithecia aequatorialis

Least Concern

Napo Saki

Pithecia napensis

Least Concern

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Rhipidomys albujai

Data Deficient

Ucayali Water Rat

Amphinectomys savamis

Data Deficient

Chibchan water mouse

Chibchanomys orcesi

Data Deficient

Yellowish Oryzomys

Aegialomys xanthaeolus

Least Concern

Galapagos Oryzomys

Aegialomys galapagoensis

Vulnerable

Ecuadorean Akodont

Neomicroxus latebricola

Endangered

Soft-furred Akodont

Akodon mollis

Least Concern

Yungas Akodont

Akodon aerosus

Least Concern

Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus fraterculus

Least Concern

Eastern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella niveiventris

Vulnerable

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus tripartitus

Near Threatened

Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus lagonotus

Least Concern

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus aequatorialis

Critically Endangered

Maranon white fronted capuchin

Cebus yuracus

Near Threatened

Allen's Olingo

Bassaricyon alleni

Least Concern

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera lavali

Data Deficient

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera discifera

Least Concern

Waterhouse’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa waterhousei

Data Deficient

Lesser Ghost Bat

Diclidurus scutatus

Least Concern

Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira magna

Least Concern

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Lionycteris spurrelli

Least Concern

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla orienticollina

Data Deficient

Goldman's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla concava

Near Threatened

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma carrikeri

Least Concern

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus bidens

Least Concern

Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus umbratus

Data Deficient

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes caraccioli

Least Concern

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris keenani

Least Concern

Striped Hairy-nosed Bat

Gardnerycteris crenulatum

Least Concern

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus gnomus

Least Concern

Little Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus ravus

Least Concern

Quichua Porcupine

Coendou quichua

Data Deficient

spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

Least Concern

Napo Spiny-rat

Proechimys quadruplicatus

Least Concern

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Dactylomys dactylinus

Least Concern

Thumbless Bat

Furipterus horrens

Least Concern

Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Vulnerable

Zeledon’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa zeledoni

Least Concern

Bishop s Slender Opossum

Marmosops bishopi

Least Concern

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis equatoris

Least Concern

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis niausa

Data Deficient

Pale-winged Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx pallidoptera

Data Deficient

Guianan Bonneted Bat

Eumops maurus

Least Concern

Rio Negro Silky Anteater

Cyclopes ida

Least Concern

Western Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops kuizha

Not Evaluated

Waorani Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops tonkigui

Least Concern

Golden Poison Frog

Phyllobates terribilis

Endangered

Western Amazonian Nectomys

Nectomys apicalis

Least Concern

Lesser Golden-bellied Rice Rat

Nephelomys nimbosus

Vulnerable

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Nephelomys auriventer

Least Concern

Ecuadoran Akodont

Necromys punctulatus

Data Deficient

Tschudi s Colilargo

Oligoryzomys destructor

Least Concern

Large Oecomys

Oecomys superans

Least Concern

Páramo Thomasomys

Thomasomys paramorum

Least Concern

Long-nosed Scolomys

Scolomys ucayalensis

Least Concern

Western Amazonian Oryzomys

Hylaeamys perenensis

Least Concern

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