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Dodo

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Order:

Columbiformes

Family:

Raphidae

Genus:

Raphus

Species:

Raphus cucullatus

Images

50 mm

Dodo skull

Dodo skull, top view

Dodo skull, bottom view

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Information:
This species is extinct since the second half of the 17th century. The pictures show the only intact skull in existence (still covered with skin on one side), which was taken from the last surviving mounted specimen. Many thanks to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History for providing us with these pictures. The Oxford Museum owns the copyright of these pictures, and use without their permission is not allowed.

Length:

210 mm

Length cranium:

93 mm

Width (cranium):

63 mm

Height (cranium):

64 mm

Length bill:

117 mm

Skull ratio: (Length / Length bill)

1.79

Extra image:

These images show the side of the skull still covered with skin and the removed skin. The drawings are based on this same skull. We thank Mr Errol Fuller for providing us with these drawings.

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