Brachypsalis is an extinct genus of mustelids, which existed during the Miocene period.
| Brachypsalis Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | †Oligobuninae |
| Genus: | †Brachypsalis Cope, 1890 |
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B. hyaenoides | |
The genus was first described by E. D. Cope in 1890. A similar genus, Brachypsaloides, was later identified as synonymous with Brachypsalis. Cope assigned the genus to the family Mustelidae, whilst J. A. Baskin assigned it to the subfamily Oligobuninae in 1998.[1]
Five species have been identified in the genus: B. hyaenoides, B. matutinus, B. modicus, B. obliquidens, and B. pachycephalus.[1] A sixth species, B. simplicidens, was later determined to be synonymous with Megalictis ferox.
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- "Brachypsalis at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
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