Otocyon Müller, 1836 . Arch. Anat. Physiol., Jahresber. Fortschr. Wiss., 1835:1 [1836].

TYPE SPECIES: Otocyon caffer Müller, 1836 (= Canis megalotis Desmarest, 1822), by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).