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Ecuador - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Ecuador.
Ecuador is a country located on the equator in western South America. It is bordered by Colombiaon the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador includes Galapagos Islands on the Pacific Ocean. There are Andes in the center, and is one of the headwater of Amazon in the east. Ecuador is one of Biodiversity hotspots in the world. The following shows the distribution of animals in Ecuador.
| Ecuador | |
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Ecuador
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Rodent |
Galápagos Giant Rat |  | Frog |
Quito Stubfoot Toad ,
Longnose Stubfoot Toad |
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Ecuador
extant species |
 | Opossum |
Water Opossum (Striped),
White-eared Opossum ,
Common Opossum ,
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum ,
Robinson's Mouse Opossum ,
Rufous Mouse Opossum,
Red Mouse Opossum,
Tschudi's Slender Opossum,
White-bellied Slender Opossum,
Brown Four-eyed Opossum … total 17 species | | Shrew opossum |
Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum ,
Dusky Shrew Opossum ,
Northern Shrew Opossum,
Andean Shrew Opossum |  | Armadillo |
Nine-banded Armadillo ,
Great Long-nosed Armadillo ,
Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo ,
Giant Armadillo |  | Sloth |
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth ,
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth ,
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth |  | Anteater |
Silky Anteater ,
Giant Anteater ,
Northern Tamandua ,
Southern Tamandua |  | Primate |
Pygmy Marmoset ,
Brown-mantled Tamarin ,
Golden-mantled Tamarin ,
Tufted Capuchin (Monkeys use tools),
White-headed Capuchin ,
White-fronted Capuchin ,
Common Squirrel Monkey ,
Gray-bellied Night Monkey ,
Spix's Night Monkey ,
Monk Saki ,
Equatorial Saki ,
White-tailed Titi ,
Lucifer Titi ,
Mantled Howler ,
Venezuelan Red Howler ,
White-fronted Spider Monkey ,
Black-headed Spider Monkey ,
Brown Woolly Monkey ,
Silvery Woolly Monkey | | Rodent |
Bicolored-spined Porcupine ,
Black Agouti ,
Central American Agouti ,
Red Acouchi ,
Lowland Paca ,
Mountain Paca ,
Pacarana ,
Brazilian Guinea Pig ,
Guinea Pig |  | Dolphin |
Tucuxi |  | Odd-toed ungulate |
Brazilian Tapir ,
Mountain Tapir ,
Baird's Tapir |  | Even-toed ungulate |
White-lipped Peccary ,
Collared Peccary ,
White-tailed deer ,
Red Brocket ,
Gray Brocket ,
Little Red Brocket ,
Northern Pudu ,
Taruca |  | Carnivora |
Cougar ,
Jaguarundi ,
Colocolo (Spotted),
Ocelot (Spotted),
Oncilla (Spotted),
Margay (Spotted),
Jaguar (Spotted),
Short-eared Dog ,
Culpeo ,
Argentine Grey Fox ,
Sechura Fox ,
Bush Dog ,
Spectacled Bear (More vegetarian),
Neotropical Otter ,
Giant Otter ,
Tayra ,
Greater Grison ,
Tropical weasel ,
Colombian weasel ,
Long-tailed weasel ,
Crab-eating Raccoon ,
South American Coati ,
Mountain Coati ,
Kinkajou ,
Olingo ,
Allen's Olingo |  | Turtle |
Common Snapping Turtle | | Basilisk |
Western basilisk |  | Snake |
Green anaconda Largest snakes |  | Crocodile |
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman ,
Smooth-fronted Caiman ,
Spectacled Caiman ,
American Crocodile |  | Curassow |
Nocturnal Curassow ,
Great Curassow ,
Wattled Curassow ,
Salvin's Curassow |  | Goose |
Orinoco Goose |  | Ibis |
Black-faced Ibis ,
Green Ibis ,
Whispering Ibis ,
American White Ibis ,
Scarlet Ibis ,
Roseate Spoonbill |  | Stork |
Wood Stork ,
Jabiru |  | Condor |
American Black Vulture ,
Turkey Vulture ,
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture ,
Andean Condor ,
King Vulture |  | Quetzal |
Crested Quetzal ,
Golden-headed Quetzal ,
Pavonine Quetzal | | Cock-of-the-rock |
Andean Cock-of-the-rock |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican |  | Toucan |
Channel-billed Toucan ,
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan ,
White-throated Toucan ,
Choco Toucan ,
Black-mandibled Toucan |  | Flamingo |
Chilean Flamingo ,
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
Scarlet Macaw ,
Blue-and-yellow Macaw ,
Military Macaw ,
Green-winged Macaw ,
Great Green Macaw ,
Chestnut-fronted Macaw ,
Red-bellied Macaw ,
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet ,
Red-masked Parakeet ,
White-eyed Parakeet … total 48 species |  | endemic bird |
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca ,
Chestnut Wood Quail ,
Painted Parakeet ,
Flame-winged Parakeet ,
Rufous-fronted Parakeet ,
Indigo-winged Parrot ,
Chiribiquete Emerald ,
Indigo-capped Hummingbird ,
Blossomcrown ,
Black Inca ,
White-tailed Starfrontlet ,
Bogota Sunangel ,
Black-backed Thornbill ,
Santa Marta Woodstar ,
White-chested Swift … total 17 endemic species |
|
Ecuador
marine extant
species |
| Turtle |
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle ,
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird ,
Great Frigatebird (Courtship with dewlap) |  | Albatross |
Wandering Albatross ,
Waved Albatross ,
Black-footed Albatross ,
Black-browed Albatross ,
Shy Albatross |  | Ray |
Manta ray |  | Shark |
Whale shark (Feeding migration ～ 12m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Great hammerhead ,
Basking shark ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish ,
Black Marlin ,
Striped Marlin |
|
Ecuador
small extant
species |
 | Bat |
Ecuadorian sac-winged bat ,
Smokey Bat | | Frog |
Carchi Andes Toad ,
Arthur's Stubfoot Toad ,
Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad ,
Azuay Stubfoot Toad ,
Boulenger's Stubfoot Toad ,
Rio Faisanes Stubfoot Toad ,
Elegant Stubfoot Toad ,
(Atelopus exiguus) ,
Guanujo Stubfoot Toad ,
Morona-Santiago Stubfoot Toad ,
Lynch's Stubfoot Toad ,
Mindo Stubfoot Toad ,
(Atelopus nanay) ,
Gualecenita Stubfoot Toad ,
(Atelopus onorei) … total 36 endangered species | | Frog |
(Bufo caeruleostictus) ,
Napo Plump Toad ,
Guacamayo Plump Toad ,
Cannatella's Plump Toad ,
(Centrolene audax) ,
(Centrolene pipilatum) ,
(Cochranella mache) ,
(Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum) ,
(Nymphargus megacheirus) ,
(Colostethus kingsburyi) ,
Phantasmal poison frog ,
(Hyloxalus cevallosi) ,
(Hyloxalus elachyhistus) ,
(Hyloxalus toachi) ,
(Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana) … total 65 endangered species | | bird |
Black-breasted Puffleg ,
Turquoise-throated Puffleg ,
Floreana Mockingbird ,
Pale-headed Brush-finch | | bird |
Baudo Guan ,
Royal Sunangel ,
Violet-throated Metaltail ,
Esmeraldas Woodstar ,
Slaty Becard ,
Blackish-headed Spinetail ,
Ecuadorian Tapaculo ,
Jocotoco Antpitta ,
Choco Vireo | | seabird |
Peruvian Tern |
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Ecuador.
| Ecuador | |
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Sangay
National Park
[World Heritage] |
| Even-toed ungulate |
White-tailed deer ,
Little Red Brocket ,
Northern Pudu | | Odd-toed ungulate |
Brazilian Tapir ,
Mountain Tapir | | Carnivora |
Cougar ,
Ocelot (Spotted),
Margay (Spotted),
Jaguar (Spotted),
Culpeo ,
Spectacled Bear (More vegetarian),
Giant Otter |  | Raptor |
Swallow-tailed Kite | | Condor |
Andean Condor ,
King Vulture | | Parrot |
Spot-winged Parrotlet ,
Red-faced Parrot | | bird |
Torrent Duck ,
Little Woodstar ,
Coppery-chested Jacamar ,
Masked Mountain-tanager |
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Machalilla
National Park
[WH Tentative List] |
| Primate |
Howler monkeys' |  | Whale |
Humpback Whale (Breeding migration) | | Even-toed ungulate |
White-tailed deer | | Carnivora |
Ocelot (Spotted) | | Frog |
Fowler's Snouted Treefrog ,
Veined Treefrog ,
Pacific horned frog ,
Spotted belly thin-toed frog | | Albatross |
Waved Albatross | | Raptor |
Harpy Eagle (Largest raptors 1.05m) | | Frigatebird |
Frigatebird' | | Pelican |
Brown Pelican | | seabird |
Blue-footed Booby (Courtship dance),
Red-footed Booby ,
Masked Booby | | bird |
Umbrellabird' |
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Yasuni
National Park
[Biosphere Reserve] |
| Primate |
Brown Woolly Monkey | | Carnivora |
Bush Dog ,
Neotropical Otter | | bird |
Harpy Eagle (Largest raptors 1.05m),
Blue-and-yellow Macaw |
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Cajas
National Park |
| Rodent |
Paca' | | Carnivora |
Coatis' ,
Mountain Coati | | Condor |
Andean Condor ,
Violet-throated Metaltail | | bird |
Giant Hummingbird |
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