The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 km (5,530 mi) long and 200 to 700 km wide and has an average height of about 4,000 m (13,123 ft). The Andes extend from South to North through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
A cordillera is an extensive chain and/or network system of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from cordilla, a diminutive of cuerda ('rope').
The eastern lowland olingo is a species of olingo from South America, where it is known from the lowlands east of the Andes in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. It is the only olingo species found east of the Andes. The Latin species name honors Joel Asaph Allen, the American zoologist who first described the genus Bassaricyon.
Mira Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in Carchi Province. Its capital is the town of Mira. Its population in the 2001 census was 12,919 and was 12,180 in the 2010 census. The area is 588 square kilometres (227 sq mi).
Enteucha basidactyla is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Florida in the United States, as well as Dominica, Belize and Ecuador.
Enteucha acuta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Stigmella montanotropica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest on the western slopes on the Andes in Ecuador.
Stigmella nubimontana is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the cloud forest of the high Andes in Ecuador.
Stigmella rubeta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest of the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.
Stigmella austroamericana is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the premontane rainforest on the Amazon in Ecuador.
Ectoedemia repanda is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Ectoedemia tabulosa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris ecuadoriana is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the premontane Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris onorei is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris basihastatus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Amazon premontane rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris articulosus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Amazon premontane rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris rotundus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Amazon premontane rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris amazonius is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Acalyptris insolentis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in premontane and lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
The western lowland olingo is a species of olingo from Central and South America, where it is known from Panama and from Colombia and Ecuador west of the Andes.
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