Protocyon
| Protocyon Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene  ~ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Carnivora | 
| Family: | Canidae | 
| Tribe: | Canini | 
| Subtribe: | Cerdocyonina | 
| Genus: | †Protocyon 1855: Giebel | 
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| Synonyms | |
| †Theriodictis tarijense 1902: Ameghino | |
Protocyon is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America from Middle to Late Pleistocene living from 781 to 12 thousand years ago.