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Animals in Ecuador

60 mammal species are recorded in Ecuador in this dataset, 18 of them in a threatened Red List category. Ecuador sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Ecuador.

They belong to 23 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (21), Cricetidae (6), Didelphidae (4). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 9 Endangered, 8 Vulnerable, 4 Near Threatened, 37 Least Concern, 1 Data Deficient.

These counts come from the text of each assessment rather than from an official country checklist, so a species whose assessment names a region without naming Ecuador is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 60 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
60
Threatened
18
Continent
South America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Ecuador

The most threatened species in Ecuador

8 of the 18 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Ecuador

  • Phyllostomidae 21
  • Cricetidae 6
  • Didelphidae 4
  • Cebidae 3
  • Tapiridae 3
  • Cuniculidae 2
  • Emballonuridae 2
  • Felidae 2

Every species recorded in Ecuador

Species 1 to 50 of 60, written profiles first.

Where to go from Ecuador

The countries in South America that share the most species with Ecuador, by number of species recorded in both.

Species data from the IUCN Red List; countries are derived from the range description of each assessment. Last refreshed on August 9, 2026.