Maocyon
| Maocyon Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
|---|---|
| skull of Maocyon peregrinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Maocyon Averianov et al., 2023 |
| Type species | |
| †Maocyon peregrinus Averianov et al., 2023 | |
Maocyon ("dog from Maoming") is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts from extinct paraphyletic subfamily Hyainailourinae within paraphyletic family Hyainailouridae, that lived during the late Eocene in China. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. peregrinus.