Cuon Hodgson, 1838 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 1:152.

TYPE SPECIES: Cam’s primaevus Hodgson, 1838, by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

COMMENTS: Placed in subfamily Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868, by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975).