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Also known as dodo bird, Raphus cucullatus

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

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The dodo was a large, flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it went extinct, and it is notable as a member of the pigeon and dove family whose closest living relative today is the Nicobar pigeon. The dodo's extinction makes it a significant example of a species that disappeared, and it shared this fate with its closest relative, the Rodrigues solitaire, another flightless bird from a nearby island.

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Dodo appears in Vinony's Extinct Species collection — one of 964 entries.

Within Vinony's link graph, Dodo is referenced by 456 other articles, and connects out to Columbidae, Pteroclidae and Mesitornithidae.

It is catalogued under topics including Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Bird extinctions since 1500 and Birds described in 1758.

Its subject is documented across 115 Wikipedia language editions.

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Mass: 10.2
Image: Dodo head Dinkel.jpg
Height: 1

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: extinct species
taxon name: Raphus cucullatus
Commons category: Raphus cucullatus
Commons gallery: Raphus cucullatus
endemic to: Mauritius Island
time of earliest written record: 1598-00-00
different from: Dudu
Unicode character: 🦤
extinction date: 1662-00-00
taxon common name: Pasărea Dodo
end time: 1662-00-00
location of discovery: Mauritius Island
start time: 23030000-0
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name: R. cucullatus
taxon range: Africa

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Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Bird extinctions since 1500 Birds described in 1758 Birds of Mauritius Dodo Dutch Mauritius Endemic birds of Mauritius Extinct animals of Mauritius Extinct birds of Indian Ocean islands Extinct flightless birds IUCN Red List extinct species National symbols of Mauritius Raphinae Species made extinct by human activities Species that are or were threatened by habitat loss Species that are or were threatened by invasive species Species that are or were threatened by use as food