Cormocyon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Oligocene|Early Miocene}}

| image = Cormocyon AMNH.jpg

| image_caption = Cormocyon haydeni, American Museum of Natural History

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| taxon = Cormocyon

| authority = Wang and Tedford, 1992

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * C. haydeni

• C. copei

| range_map = Cormocyon range.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Cormocyon based on fossil distribution

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Cormocyon is an extinct genus of borophagine canid native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 30.8—20.6 Mya, existing for about {{Mya|30.8-20.6|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41203 PaleoBiology Database: Cormocyon Taxonomy, Species] It is regarded as a primitive, transitional member of the Borophagini tribe.{{cite book |last1= Wang |first1= Xiaoming | last2= Tedford | first2= Richard H. | date= 2008 |title= Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History |publisher= Columbia |page= 34 |isbn= 978-0-231-13528-3}}