The hairy-tailed bat (''Lasiurus ebenus''), is a

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

species originally known only from its type locality,

Ilha do Cardoso State Park The Ilha do Cardoso State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso) is a state park on the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It preserves a large area of Atlantic Forest on the Ilha do Cardoso, an island, and includes marshes and mang ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. A second specimen was collected in 2018, in

Carlos Botelho State Park The Carlos Botelho State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho) is a state park is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest. The park contains more than half of Brazil's remaining population of endanger ...

, approximately 100 kilometers away.

References

Lasiurus Bats of Brazil Endemic fauna of Brazil Mammals described in 1994 {{Vespertilionidae-stub