Dodo
SpeciesFlightless Birds
An extinct flightless bird endemic to Mauritius.
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Dodo
- Flightless Birds
- Recently Extinct Animals
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was an extinct flightless bird endemic to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It belonged to Raphina, alongside the Rodrigues solitaire, within the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. First recorded by Dutch sailors in 1598, it was hunted while invasive species and habitat destruction affected the island. The last widely accepted sighting was in 1662. The dodo later became a widely recognised symbol of extinction and obsolescence.
- Scientific name
- Raphus cucullatus
- Last widely accepted sighting
- 1662
- Closest living relative
- Nicobar pigeon
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Dodo (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q43502
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By BazzaDaRambler. CC BY 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsBazzaDaRambler, Oxford University Museum of Natural History ... dodo - dead apparently. Uploaded by FunkMonkModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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