Speothos Lund, 1839 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 11:224.

TYPE SPECIES: Speothos pacivorus Lund, 1839 (extinct).

COMMENTS: Berta and Marshall (1978) included lcticyon. Placed in Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868, by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975).