Maocyon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range = {{fossil_range|37.7|33.9}} Late Eocene

|image = Maocyon_skull_-_Averianov_et_al_2023.jpg

|image_caption = skull of Maocyon peregrinus

|taxon = Maocyon

|display_parents = 3

|authority = Averianov et al., 2023{{Cite journal |last1=Averianov |first1=Alexander |last2=Obraztsova |first2=Ekaterina |last3=Danilov |first3=Igor |last4=Jin |first4=Jian-Hua |date=27 February 2023 |title=A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |volume=11 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819 |doi-access=free |issn=2296-701X}}

|type_species = †Maocyon peregrinus

|type_species_authority = 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.