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| name = Dodo |
| name = Dodo |
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| taxon = Raphus |
| taxon = Raphus |
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| fossil_range = Late [[Holocene]] |
| fossil_range = Late [[Holocene]] |
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| image_alt = Skeleton and model of a Dodo |
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| status_ref = {{sfn|IUCN Red List|2012}} |
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| extinct = about 1662 |
| extinct = about 1662 |
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| genus = Raphus |
| genus = Raphus |
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| parent_authority = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]], 1760 |
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The '''Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[flightless bird]] that was [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Mauritius]], east of [[Madagascar]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Its closest [[genetic distance|genetic relative]] was the also extinct [[Rodrigues Solitaire]], the two forming the [[Taxonomic rank|subfamily]] [[Raphinae]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Columbidae|pigeons and doves]]. The closest living relative of the Dodo is the [[Nicobar Pigeon]]. A white Dodo was once incorrectly thought to have existed on the nearby island of [[Réunion]]. |
The '''Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[flightless bird]] that was [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Mauritius]], east of [[Madagascar]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Its closest [[genetic distance|genetic relative]] was the also extinct [[Rodrigues Solitaire]], the two forming the [[Taxonomic rank|subfamily]] [[Raphinae]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Columbidae|pigeons and doves]]. The closest living relative of the Dodo is the [[Nicobar Pigeon]]. A white Dodo was once incorrectly thought to have existed on the nearby island of [[Réunion]]. |
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[[File:800px-Dodo_head_and_leg.jpg|thumb|Plaster cast of the dried Oxford head and London foot of a Dodo bird at the Booth Museum of Natural History.]] |
[[File:800px-Dodo_head_and_leg.jpg|thumb|Plaster cast of the dried Oxford head and London foot of a Dodo bird at the Booth Museum of Natural History.]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 18 August 2017
| Dodo Temporal range: Late Holocene | |
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| Skeleton and model of a Dodo | |
| Dodo skeleton cast and model based on modern research, at Oxford University Museum of Natural History[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Columbimorphae |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Raphinae |
| Tribe: | Raphini |
| Genus: | †Raphus Brisson, 1760 |
| Species: | †R. cucullatus |
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| Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| File:Mauritius island location.svg | |
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The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Its closest genetic relative was the also extinct Rodrigues Solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves. The closest living relative of the Dodo is the Nicobar Pigeon. A white Dodo was once incorrectly thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion.
Plaster cast of the dried Oxford head and London foot of a Dodo bird at the Booth Museum of Natural History.
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