Brachycyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), which inhabited Eurasia and North America.

[1] Brachycyon was named by Filhol (1872).

It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

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