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Genus of mammals (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Restoration of A. gobiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
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