As of 2023, nearly 75 percent of the total threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List consisted of plants, with over two thousand species under threat. Amphibians ranked second with 292 threatened species. Ecuador features the highest number of threatened living species in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group
* Figures presented for these groups should be interpreted as the number of species known to be threatened within those species that have been assessed to date, and not as the overall total number of threatened species for each group.
According to the source, threatened living species include species that are critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU).
The acronym IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
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IUCN. (December 11, 2023). Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/
IUCN. "Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/
IUCN. (2023). Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/
IUCN. "Number of Threatened Living Species in Ecuador on The Iucn Red List in 2023, by Taxonomic Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/
IUCN, Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Number of threatened living species in Ecuador on the IUCN Red List in 2023, by taxonomic group [Graph], IUCN, December 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/978586/number-threatened-species-ecuador-type/
