Cynocephalus may refer to; Cynocephaly, a Greek word, literally meaning "dog-head", for a number of mythical creatures with the heads or faces of dogs Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans), one of two species of flying lemurs Yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus), a baboon from the Old World monkey family Kinda baboon (Papio cynocephalus kindae), a subspecies of baboon Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger Rainette nébuleuse (Scinax cynocephalus), a species of frog in the family Hylidae