Raphidae (extinct family)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Aves (class) > Columbiformes (order)
Descripción
Family of extinct flightless birds, including the dodo, that inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through hunting by humans and predation by introduced non-native mammals following human colonization in the 17th century.
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Otros términos
- didines [en]
- didine [en]