Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758:155)
Dodo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
See Young et al. (2024) for a complete synonymy, as well as technical discussion of relevant taxonomic issues.
Conservation Status
Extinct (BirdLife International, 2016)
Last record: c.1638 (Fuller, 2002); 1662 (BirdLife International, 2016)
IUCN status: Extinct
The Dodo is probably the most famous of all recently extinct species, having entered the vocabulary of ordinary people who have no particular knowledge of the animal ("dead as a dodo", "to go the way of the dodo" etc.). It was driven extinct within roughly 50 years of its initial contact with Europeans (Fuller, 2002). Reports of its persistence occur to the present (Shuker, 1989,1998,1999:47).
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The Grant Museum of Zoology:
Y86 (casts of head and foot)
Y105 (partial skeleton)
Other specimens:
NMS.Z.1993.13 (Brassey et al. 2016)
NHMUK A.9040 and S/1988.50.1 (Brassey et al. 2016)
Media
References
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