Anagale

Anagale is an extinct genus of mammal from the early Oligocene of Mongolia. Its closest living relatives are the rodents and lagomorphs.

Anagale Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Restoration of A. gobiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Anagaloidea
Family:	†Anagalidae
Genus:	†Anagale Simpson, 1931
Species:	†A. gobiensis
Binomial name
†Anagale gobiensis Simpson, 1931

Anagale was 30 cm (1 ft) long and resembled a rabbit, but with a longer tail. Also, the build of its hind legs indicates that it walked, and did not hop. Judging from its shovel-shaped claws, Anagale burrowed for food, such as subterranean beetles and worms. Anagale fossils have strongly worn teeth from eating soil, further indicating it ate subterranean invertebrates.^[1]