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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
17643060
Area
276841 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

Dark Long-tongued Bat

Lichonycteris obscura

Least Concern

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Lichonycteris degener

Least Concern

armored rat

Hoplomys gymnurus

Least Concern

Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat

Makalata macrura

Least Concern

rufous tree rat

Diplomys labilis

Least Concern

huallaga spiny rat

Proechimys brevicauda

Least Concern

Tome's spiny rat

Proechimys semispinosus

Least Concern

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

Proechimys cuvieri

Least Concern

Simon s Spiny-rat

Proechimys simonsi

Least Concern

yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

Isothrix bistriata

Least Concern

Womurs Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus rubiginosus

Least Concern

Ucucha Thomasomys

Thomasomys ucucha

Vulnerable

Hudson s Thomaomys

Thomasomys hudsoni

Vulnerable

Smoky Oldfield Mouse

Thomasomys fumeus

Data Deficient

Sylvan Thomasomys

Thomasomys silvestris

Least Concern

Wandering Thomasomys

Thomasomys erro

Least Concern

Taczanowski s Thomasomys

Thomasomys taczanowskii

Least Concern

White-tipped Thomasomys

Thomasomys caudivarius

Least Concern

Olive-gray Thomasomys

Thomasomys cinereus

Least Concern

Red Andean Oldfield Mouse

Thomasomys auricularis

Data Deficient

Pichincha Thomasomys

Thomasomys vulcani

Least Concern

Short-nosed Scolomys

Scolomys melanops

Least Concern

Tate's Oryzomys

Hylaeamys tatei

Data Deficient

Robust melanomys

Melanomys robustulus

Least Concern

Andean Pericote

Phyllotis andium

Least Concern

Ecuadoran Pericote

Phyllotis haggardi

Least Concern

Western Dwarf Squirrel

Microsciurus mimulus

Least Concern

South American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes villosissimus

Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

Eptesicus innoxius

Near Threatened

Armien's Myotis

Myotis armiensis

Data Deficient

Ecuadorian Little Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa velilla

Data Deficient

Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira nana

Endangered

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

Sturnira perla

Data Deficient

Giovanni's Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris giovanniae

Data Deficient

Orces's Long-tongued Bat

Lonchophylla orcesi

Data Deficient

Western Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla hesperia

Near Threatened

Western Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma occidentale

Least Concern

Matapalo Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus matapalensis

Near Threatened

Brown-bellied Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus fusciventris

Least Concern

Common Wild Oats

Avena fatua

Least Concern

Bulbous Oatgrass

Arrhenatherum elatius

Least Concern

Common barley

Hordeum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Water foxtail

Alopecurus geniculatus

Least Concern

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

Blessed milkthistle

Silybum marianum

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Mignonette

Reseda lutea

Least Concern

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

Not Evaluated

Bee Plant

Borago officinalis

Not Evaluated

European Field Pansy

Viola arvensis

Least Concern

Common Violet

Viola odorata

Not Evaluated

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium

Critically Endangered

Balm

Melissa officinalis

Not Evaluated

Black Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Glandular Plantain

Plantago afra

Not Evaluated

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