Brachyprotoma
| Brachyprotoma Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| An ink drawing of an American Mastodon calf encountering a short-faced skunk, Brachyprotoma. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 skunks, is an extinct genus of large skunk that inhabited Pleistocene North America, with specimens having been found from Yukon to West Virginia. There currently exists only one accepted species, Brachyprotoma obtusata.