Maocyon
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| Maocyon Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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| skull of Maocyon peregrinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Hyainailouridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyainailourinae |
| Genus: | †Maocyon Averianov et al., 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Maocyon peregrinus Averianov et al., 2023[1] | |
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.[1][2] It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. peregrinus.[1]