Batocara is a genus of phacopid trilobites in the family Encrinuridae. The type species, B. bowningi, was described originally as Encrinurus bowningi by Foerste in 1888. In 1980, D.L. Strusz erected Batocara for <nowiki>'</nowiki>Encrinurus<nowiki>'</nowiki> bowningi. Batocara also contains the species B. borenorense, Batocara tuberosus and B. fritillum.