Simocyon

Simocyon; Temporal range: late Miocene to early Pliocene
	Simocyon primigenius lower jaw at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Paris.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ailuridae
Subfamily:	†Simocyoninae
Genus:	†Simocyon; Wagner, 1858
Species
	†S. batalleri (Viret, 1929); †S. diaphorus (Kaup, 1832); †?S. hungaricus Kretzoi in Kadic and Kretzoi, 1927; †S. primigenius (type species) (Roth and Wagner, 1854);
Synonyms
	Amphalopex Kaup, 1861; Araeocyon Thorpe, 1922; Metarctos Gaudry, 1860;

Simocyon ("short-snouted dog") is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. Simocyon, which was about the size of a mountain lion, lived in the late Miocene and early Pliocene epochs, and has been found in Europe, Asia, and rarely, North America and Africa.

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