Brachyprotoma Temporal range:
Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: |
Brachyprotoma Brown, 1908 |
Species: | B. obtusata
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Binomial name | |
Brachyprotoma obtusata |
Brachyprotoma obtusata (also known as the short-faced skunk) is an extinct genus of skunk of the Pleistocene epoch what is now North America. [2]