Amphicyon
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| Amphicyon ingens reconstructed skeleton, American Museum of Natural History
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Mammalia
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| Order:
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Carnivora
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| Family:
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†Amphicyonidae
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| Subfamily:
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†Amphicyoninae
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| Genus:
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†Amphicyon
Lartet, 1836
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| Type species
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†Amphicyon major
Blainville, 1841
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| Other species
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- †A. giganteus? Schinz, 1825
- †A. palaeindicus? Lydekker, 1876
- †A. gutmanni Kittl, 1891
- †A. lydekkeri? Pilgrim, 1910
- †A. shahbazi Pilgrim, 1912
- †A. frendens Matthew, 1924
- †A. ingens Matthew, 1924
- †A. reinheimeri? Cook, 1926
- †A. lactorensis Astre, 1928
- †A. eppelsheimensis Weitzel, 1930
- †A. pontoni? Simpson, 1930
- †A. cooperi Pilgrim, 1932
- †A. pithecophilus Pilgrim, 1932
- †A. sindiensis Pilgrim, 1932
- †A. confucianus? Young, 1937
- †A. riggsi? McGrew, 1939
- †A. tairumensis? Colbert, 1939
- †A. longiramus White, 1942
- †A. astrei Kuss, 1962
- †A. olisiponensis? Antunes & Ginsburg, 1977
- †A. pannonicus Kretzoi, 1985
- †A. laugnacensis Ginsburg, 1989
- †A. ulungurensis Qi, 1989
- †A. lathanicus Ginsburg, 2000
- †A. galushai Hunt, 2003
- †A. zhanxiangi Jiangzuo et al., 2019
- †A. zhinu Jiangzuo et al., 2025
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| Synonyms
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- Arctamphicyon? Pilgrim, 1932
- Megamphicyon? Kuss, 1965
- Hubacyon Kretzoi, 1985
- Euroamphicyon? Viranta, 1996
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Amphicyon is an extinct genus of large carnivorans belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (known colloquially as "bear-dogs"), subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the Miocene epoch. Members of this family received their vernacular name for possessing bear-like and dog-like features. They ranged over North America, Eurasia, and Africa.