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Anagale
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| Anagale Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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| Restoration of A. gobiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Anagaloidea |
| Family: | †Anagalidae |
| Genus: | †Anagale Simpson, 1931 |
| Species: | †A. gobiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Anagale gobiensis Simpson, 1931
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Anagale is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Oligocene of Mongolia. Its closest living relatives are the rodents and lagomorphs.
Description
[edit]Anagale was 30 cm (1 ft) long and resembled a rabbit, but with a longer tail.[1] Anagale gobiensis had the lowest neocortical ratio ever recorded in a euarchontogliran. Along with its small neocortex, it also possessed small petrosal lobules; both of these traits are typically associated with fossorial mammals. Its laterally expansive palaeocortex and relatively large olfactory bulbs suggest that olfaction was its primary sense.[2]
Palaeobiology
[edit]The build of the hind legs of Anagale 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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 210. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- ^ López‐Torres, Sergi; Bertrand, Ornella C.; Lang, Madlen M.; Fostowicz‐Frelik, Łucja; Silcox, Mary T.; Meng, Jin (1 June 2023). Hautier, Lionel (ed.). "Cranial endocast of Anagale gobiensis (Anagalidae) and its implications for early brain evolution in Euarchontoglires". Palaeontology. 66 (3). doi:10.1111/pala.12650. ISSN 0031-0239. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
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