Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

Selected species: 

• Canthon aberrans Harold, 1868
• Canthon acutiformis Balthasar, 1939
• Canthon acutoides Schmidt, 1922
• Canthon acutus Harold, 1868
• Canthon aequinoctialis Harold 1868
• Canthon angularis Harold, 1868
• Canthon angustatus Harold, 1867
• Canthon histrio Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
• Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
• Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781
• Canthon zuninoi Rivera-Cervantes & Halffter, 1999

Names brought to synonymy:

• Canthon elegans (Laporte, 1840), a synonym for Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789