| Named By: | Edward Drinker Cope in 1879 |
| Time Period: | Oligocene-Early Miocene |
| Location: | North America, especially the USA |
| Size: | Around 21 kilograms in weight |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Several specimens |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Arctoidea | Amphicyonidae | Temnocyoninae | |
Temnocyon is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammals belonging to the family of Amphicyonidae (bear-dog) endemic to North America that lived during the Oligocene to Early Miocene approximately 30.3--20.6 mya existing approximately 9.7 million years.