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Leaflet On Dodo
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:33:25
Dodo
Conservation status: Extinct (1681)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:<Tab/>Animalia
Phylum:<Tab/>Chordata
Class:<Tab/>Aves
Order:<Tab/>Columbiformes
Family:<Tab/>Raphidae
Genus:<Tab/>Raphus
Brisson, 1760
Species:<Tab/>R. cucullatus
Binomial name
Raphus cucullatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Basic Information
The Dodo is an extinct, flightless bird. It was discovered in
1581
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on the island, they destroyed the forests which cut of the Dodo's food supply.
5 Things You Never Knew About The Dodo
* The Dodo is closely related to the pigeon.
* No one had really heard of the dodo until 1865 when it appeared in Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
* Dodo's are supposed to have weighed up to 23kg.
* Its face is made up from bare skin.
* It has 4 toes, three on the front, 1 on the back.
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