Anagaloidea is a former order of extinct placental mammals that first appeared during the Paleocene epoch.

[1] According to the traditional (morphological) view, Anagaloidea is part of the superorder Anagalida, along with the elephant shrews, rodents and lagomorphs.

Genetic studies have shown that the elephant shrews are actually part of a different macro-group of mammals called the Afrotheria, while the position of several extinct families of Anagalida is uncertain.

The Anagalidae and the Pseudictopidae probably represent a genuine clade.

This clade is known as the Anagaloidea, which seems to be related to the rodents and lagomorphs after all.