Dodo
Appearance
Dodo | |
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Dodo skelet cast an model based on modren research, at Oxford Varsity Museum o Natural History[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Faimily: | Columbidae |
Subfaimily: | †Raphinae |
Genus: | †Raphus Brisson, 1760 |
Species: | †R. |
Binomial name | |
†Raphus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Umwhile range (aurie in blue) | |
Synonyms | |
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The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flichtless bird that wis endemic tae the island o Mauritius, east o Madagascar in the Indien Ocean.
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- Ainimals descrived in 1758
- Bird extinctions syne 1500
- Birds o Mauritius
- Extinct ainimals o Africae
- Extinct birds o Indien Ocean islands
- Extinct flichtless birds
- Monotypic bird genera
- Naitional seembols o Mauritius
- Raphinae
- Species made extinct bi human activities
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