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Antisana Volcano, near Papallacta
I have visited Ecuador twice: in August 2012 for a week to see Spectacled Bears and Mountain Tapirs in the Andes, and then to the Napo Valley; and for a long weekend in September 2015 to look for Olinguitos.
Bellavista Lodge
Olinguito, Bassaricyon neblina
During 3 nights in 2015 we saw Olinguito, Kinkajou, Andean White-eared Opossum, Red-tailed Squirrel and Tube-lipped Tailless Bat plus a couple of hard to identfy rodents, one of which was most likely a Grey-bellied Nephelomys.
Cayembe – Coca National Park
Spectacled Bear, Tremarctos ornatus
I spent four days here in 2012 and saw Spectacled Bear, Mountain Tapir, White-tailed Deer, Andean Rabbit, and Andean Fox.
The Napo Valley
Pygmy Marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea
Over 2 nights in 2012 I saw Greater White-lined Bat, Graells’ Black-mantled Tamarin, Golden-mantled Tamarin,Pygmy Marmoset, Common Squirrel Monkey, Marañó White-fronted Capuchin, Noisy (Spix’s) Night Monkey, Red (Double-browed) Titi and Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey.
Mountain Tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
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Community Reports
Bella Vista and Coco Cayembe, 2019: Rauno Väisänen, 1 week & species included Tayra, Oinguito, Spectacled Bear and Mountain Tapir.
Napo Valley, 2019: Jan Ebr, 2 weeks & 14 species including Woolly Monkeys, Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum and Eastern Lowland Olingo.
Papallacta, San Isidro & Wild Sumaco, 2019: Michael Kessler, 6 days & 40+ species including Dusky Shrew-Opossum, Poeppig’s Woolly Monkey, Mountain Tapir and lots of bats and rats.
Ecuador and the Galapagos, 2018: Martin Royle, 19 days & 37 species including Spectacled Bear, Northern Pudu, Red Mouse Opossum and Stump-tailed Porcupine.
Ecuador, 2018: Charles Hood, 12 days & 23 species including Mountain Tapir, Spectacled Bear, Olinguito, Linnaeus’s Mouse Opossum and Dusky Shrew-Opossum.
Shiripuno Lodge, 2017: Ben Schwienhart, 10 days & 20 species including Black Agouti, White-tailed Titi, Napo Saki and Poeppig’s Wooly Monkey.
Coco Cayembe, 2017: Stuart Chapman, 3 days & 5 species including Spectacled Bear and Montane Myotis.
Ecuador, 2017: Sophie Bétrisey and Manuel Baumgartner, 3 weeks and 27 species including Oncilla, Tayra, Spectacled Bear, Mountain Tapir and both Brown and Silvery Woolly Monkeys.
Ecuador, 2016: Hugh Buck, 12 days & 17 species (on a mainly birding trip), including Tayra, Olinguito, Brown Woolly Monkey, Monk Saki and a Spiny Tree Rat.
Bellavista, 2015: Jon Hall, 3 nights & 5 species including Olinguito and Andean White-eared Opossum.
Ecuador, 2015: Cheryl Antonucci, 2 weeks & 19 species including Mountain Tapir, Spectacled Bear, Tayra, Olinguito, Yellow-handed Titi and Yellow-crowned Brish-tailed Rat.
Ecuador, 2015: Torbjorn Lundqvist, 3 weeks & 29 species including Woolly, Equatorial Saki and White-bellied Spider Monkeys, Olingo and Olinguito, 2 Tayras, Southern Naked-tailed and Greater Long-nosed Armadilloes, and an Andean White-eared Opossum. What a great trip!
Tapichalaca & Buenaventura, 2013: Fiona Reid’s excellent account of a bat and small mammal survey. 2 weeks & 35 species including a couple of new records for the region, a Mountain Paca and a Shrew Opossum.
Sacha Lodge, 2013: Cheryl Antonucci, 1 week & 18 species including Tayra, Southern Tamandua and many primates.
Napo and the Andes, 2012: Jon Hall 1 week & 18 species including Pygmy Marmoset, Spectacled Bear and Mountain Tapir.
Ecuador, 2012: Dominique Brugiere, 5 weeks & some good mammals including Spectacled Bears, Mountain Tapir, Galapagos Fur Seal, Tayra, Woolly Monkeys and a Giant Armadillo.
Ecuador, 2012: Alan Dahl, 1 week & 17 species including Pygmy Marmosets, Golden-mantled Tamarins and Monk Sakis.
Ecuador, 2011: Richard Webb (Wildwings), 2 weeks & 23 species including Spectacled Bear, Long-tailed Weasel, Golden-mantled Tamarin and a probable Dwarf Brocket Deer.
Bolivia, Chile, Peru & Ecuador, 2011: Matthew and Maureen Hart, 2 months & 32 species including Southern River Otter, Northern Viscacha and Anderson’s Four-eyed Opposum.
Northern Ecuador, 2010: Simon Feys, 20 days & 21 species including Poeppig’s Woolly Monkey, Monk Saki, White-bellied Spider Monkey, White-tailed Titis and Spectacled Bears.
Ecuador, 2010: Richard Webb (Wildwings), 2 weeks & 21 species on this recce trip for the 2011 tour. Including Mountain Tapir and Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth.
Northern Ecudador, 2009: Steve Davis and Karen Becker, 2 weeks & 24 species including some great primates and a Tayra.
Ecuador April, 2004 – June, 2005: some comprehensive notes on mammal watching from Rich Lindie who spent 14 months working as a naturalist in the Sacha Lodge. He saw a lot of great stuff.
Also See
Brown or Poeppig’s Wooly Monkey in the middle of the Napo River (November, 2019)
Olingos or Kinajou ID please? (November, 2019)
Ben Schwienhart’s pictures from Shiripuno Lodge, 2018 (Feb, 2019)
RFI Cuyabano Wildlife Reserve / Southern Yasuni / Kapawi Lodge (July, 2015)
RFI Cayembe Coco (May, 2015)
Yasuni (Ecuador): Featured video – camera traps catch jaguars, anteaters, and a sloth eating clay in the Amazon rainforest
Olinguito Discovered (August 2013)
Resources
The Mammals of Ecuador is a brilliant resource. This has a full list of all Ecuador’s mammals and – if you search (Buscar) by species – you can get detailed photos of each species. If only every country had one of these.
López-Baucells, Adrià et al. A Field Guide to Bats of the Amazon, 2018. Pelagic Publishing. This 170 page paperback is a remarkably easy to use illustrated guide to identifying all 160 species in the Amazon.
Tirira, D. 2017. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Ecuador. Editorial Murcielago Blanco. A much needed photographic field guide to all of Ecuador’s mammals.
