Brachypotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene.

They went extinct in Eurasia by the beginning of the Late Miocene, with the African species B. lewisi surviving until the end of the epoch.

[3] A first upper decidual molar referable to Brachypotherium brachypus was found during gold mining in New Caledonia during the 19th century, being misidentified as a species of marsupial known as Zygomaturus.

[4] However, rhinoceros were never native to New Caledonia, and the tooth likely originates from France and was probably used as jewelry by a French convict deported there.

[5][6] Dental microwear and mesowear analysis suggests that B. brachypus was a mixed feeder.