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The Environment of Ecuador contains almost 20,000 species of plants, 1,500 species of birds, 341 species of mammals and more than 840 species of reptiles and amphibians. [1] It includes World Heritage Sites like the Galápagos Islands , and magnificent parks such as the Yasuni National Park .
Some 38% of Ecuador's land is forested, [5] and despite a 1.5% annual deforestation rate remains one of the most biodiverse locations on the planet. The Oriente is also home to a large number of Ecuador's indigenous groups, notably the lowland Quechua, Siona, Secoya, Huaorani, and Cofán. Imbabura Volcano photographed in black and white.
They collected dozens of these misidentified toads and analyzed the animals. A pattern began to emerge. The toads in western Ecuador sounded different and had distinct physical features, the study ...
The Machalilla National Park is the main conservation unit in the west of Ecuador, protecting remnants of dry and moist forests with many endemic plants and animals. 234 birds species have been found in the park, and 81 mammal species including the endemic fraternal fruit-eating bat (Artibeus fraterculus). However, the limited conservation ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ecuador. There are 317 mammal species in Ecuador, of which two are critically endangered, ten are endangered, twenty-three are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened. Two of the species listed for Ecuador are considered to be extinct. [1]
Endemic fauna of Ecuador (2 C, 440 P) I. ... List of animals in the Galápagos Islands; List of non-marine molluscs of Ecuador; A. Acontista concinna; Agyrta ...
Ecuador has completed its second debt-for-nature swap, this time unlocking $460 million to protect and manage the forests and wetlands of its Amazon rainforest, NGO The Nature Conservancy said on ...
Erosion of the páramo at Chimborazo, Ecuador, due to over-grazing and wind. The World Wildlife Fund gives the Northern Andean páramo the status of "Relatively Stable/Intact". [13] The páramo is a major source of water for the Andean highlands and large parts of the adjacent lowlands, providing a sustainable flow of rivers with high quality ...