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Raphus cucullatus, Dodo Bird, Extinct

Dodo bird, Raphus cucullatus. Illustration of the extinct dodo. The dodo was a distant relative of the pigeon. Roughly the size of a swan, it was heavily-built, flightless and clumsy. Two species were known with certainty: the common dodo Raphus cucullatus from Mauritius which became extinct between 1665 and 1670, and the Rodriguez solitairefrom the neighbouring island of Rodriguez, which died out around 1761. The dodo's numbers quickly dwindled following the arrival of humans to these isolated habitats. All but defenceless these birds were ill-equipped to cope with the new hunters and the competition from other introduced animal species.

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Title: Raphus cucullatus, Dodo Bird, Extinct

Caption: Dodo bird, Raphus cucullatus. Illustration of the extinct dodo. The dodo was a distant relative of the pigeon. Roughly the size of a swan, it was heavily-built, flightless and clumsy. Two species were known with certainty: the common dodo Raphus cucullatus from Mauritius which became extinct between 1665 and 1670, and the Rodriguez solitairefrom the neighbouring island of Rodriguez, which died out around 1761. The dodo's numbers quickly dwindled following the arrival of humans to these isolated habitats. All but defenceless these birds were ill-equipped to cope with the new hunters and the competition from other introduced animal species.

Category: Historical & Fine Arts • Animals • Birds

Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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Image size: 3396 × 2550 px | 24.8 MB

Print size: 28.8 × 21.6 cm | 1337.0 × 1003.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANIMAL • ANIMALIA • ANIMALS • ART • ARTWORK • AVES • AVIAN • BIOLOGY • BIRD • BIRDS • CHORDATA • CHORDATE • COLUMBIDAE • COMMON DODO • DIDINE BIRDS • DIDINES • DODO • DRAWING • EXTINCT BIRD • EXTINCT SPECIES • EXTINCT • EXTINCTION • FLIGHTLESS BIRD • FLIGHTLESS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL & FINE ARTS • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUNTED TO EXTINCTION • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • RAPHINAE • RAPHUS CUCULLATUS • RAPHUS • ZOOLOGY