Biology:Brachyprotoma
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
| Brachyprotoma Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 Cope, 1899[1]
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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]
References
- ↑ Cope, Edward D. (1899). "Vertebrate remains from Port Kennedy bone deposit". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Ser. 2 11 (2): 236–237. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36863394.
- ↑ Youngman, Phillip M. (1986). "The extinct short-faced skunk Brachyprotoma obtusata (Mammalia, Carnivora): first records for Canada and Beringia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 23 (2): 419–424. doi:10.1139/e86-043.
Wikidata ☰ Q25001246 entry
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