Category
page 1Extinct animals of Mauritius
Dodo
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subtribe Raphina, a clade of extinct flightless birds that are a part of the group that includes pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae). The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based on
Red Rail
species of bird (extinct)
Mauritius Blue Pigeon
species of bird
Broad-billed Parrot
species of bird (extinct)
Round Island Burrowing Boa
species of reptile
Mauritian Duck
species of bird
Mascarene Coot
species of bird
Mauritian shelduck
extinct species of bird
Mauritius Owl
species of bird (fossil)
Thirioux's Grey Parrot
species of bird (extinct)
Pteropus subniger
species of mammal
Mauritius Night Heron
species of bird
saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise
species of reptile
Mauritian giant skink
species of reptile
Domed Mauritius giant tortoise
species of reptile
Libythea cinyras
species of insect
Mauritian Turtle Dove
species of bird (fossil)
Tropidophora carinata
species of mollusc
Mauritian wood pigeon
species of bird
Mauritius starling
species of bird (extinct)