Ticholeptus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Ticholeptus

| image = Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor - IMG 9077.JPG

| image_caption = Ticholeptus petersoni

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene}}

| taxon = Ticholeptus

| authority = Cope 1878

| type_species =

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Ticholeptus zygomaticus

| synonyms =

}}

Ticholeptus is an extinct genus of oreodont endemic to North America during the Middle Miocene epochs (16.0—13.6 mya), existing for approximately {{Mya|16-13.6|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42511 Ticholeptus at fossilworks] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the U.S. from Florida to Oregon, as well as California, and numerous sites in Nebraska, Nevada, and Montana.