Desmocyon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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

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| taxon = Desmocyon

| authority = Wang et al., 1999

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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• †D. matthewi
• †D. thomsoni

| range_map = Desmocyon range.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Desmocyon based on fossil distribution

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Desmocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 24.8—16.3 Mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|24.8-16.3|mya}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41208 Desmocyon, fossilworks] It is a rarely found genus,{{cn|date=April 2019}} with fossil deposits only occurring in western Nebraska, Wyoming, New Mexico and north Florida. 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}}