Raphus cucullatus (extinct species)
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Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Aves (class) > Columbiformes (order) > Raphidae (extinct family) > Raphus (extinct genus)
Descripción
Extinct flightless birds native to Mauritius, first seen by Portuguese sailors about 1507. They were extinct by 1681 Dodos weighed about 50 pounds, had blue-gray plumage, a big head, a blackish bill with reddish sheath forming the hooked tip, small useless wings, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end.
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Otros términos
- dodos [en]
- dodo [en]