This is a featured article. Click here for more information. Page semi-protected Dodo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Dodo (disambiguation). Dodo Temporal range: Holocene Skeleton and model of a dodo Dodo skeleton cast and model based on modern research, at Oxford University Museum of Natural History Conservation status
Extinct (1662) (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification e Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Subfamily: †Raphinae Genus: †Raphus Brisson, 1760 Species: †R. cucullatus Binomial name Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritius island location.svg Location of Mauritius (in blue) Synonyms Struthio cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758 Didus ineptus Linnaeus, 1766 The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves. 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 this is now thought to have been confusion based on the R