Phenacosaurus is a genus of lizards commonly known as anoles. The genus is endemic to northern South America.
Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Central America and South America.
Lonchophylla is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.
Chibchanomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:
Pristimantis orcesi is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The tawny-throated dotterel is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is placed in the genus Oreopholus, which is monotypic as regards living species. A prehistoric relative, Oreopholus orcesi, has been described from fossil remains.
The El Oro parakeet, conure D'Orcès, cotorra de El Oro, or perico de El Oro is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae, endemic to Ecuador. It is a relatively newly identified species, having been discovered in 1980. Little is currently known about it.
Glossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats.
The Las Cajas water mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates.
Boehlkea is a genus of small characins found in the Amazon basin in South America.
Water mouse can refer to several types of not closely related semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea:
Orcesis is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Orcesis fuscoapicalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1962.
Orcesis ochreosignata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning and de Jong in 1941.
Orcesis phauloides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1866.
Orcesis unicolor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1954.
The Tumbes-Piura dry forests (NT0232) is an arid tropical ecoregion along the Pacific coasts of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. The ecoregion contains many endemic species of flora and birds adapted to the short wet season followed by a long dry season. Threats include extraction of wood for fuel or furniture, and capture of wild birds for sale.
Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Orcés’s long-tongued bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Ecuador.
Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.
