| Brachyprotoma Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| A left mandible of Brachyprotoma sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | †Brachyprotoma Brown, 1908 |
| Species: | †B. obtusata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brachyprotoma obtusata Cope, 1899 | |
Brachyprotoma (also known as the short-faced skunk) is an extinct genus of skunk that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in what is now North America[1].