Dodo(Raphus cucullatus) - ,Île aux Aigrettes, Mauritius

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Government House building at Place D'Armes in Port Louis, Mauritius. The lady in marble is Queen Victoria. The government building is one of the oldest buildings in the city and dates from the time of the French colony.

Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago.

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Île aux Aigrettes,

Egrets Island,

Republic of Mauritius

Île aux Aigrettes,

often called Egrets Island,

is a small island off the southeastern coast of Mauritius,

known for its unique coral-limestone formation and as a nature reserve. 

Ile aux Aigrettes tropical atoll in turquoise lagoon, Pointe d'Esny, Mahebourg, Mauritius

The island got its name from the egrets, or white herons, that once lived there. 

It's a popular tourist destination where visitors can take guided tours and learn about the island's conservation efforts, including the restoration of its native vegetation and wildlife. 

도도(도도새) Dodo
학명	Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758

17세기에 멸종한 날지 못하는 비둘기과 조류.

 명칭

도도(동물)

도도새의 원래 이름은 'Walghvoghel'로, 이는 네덜란드어로 '맛 없다', '싱겁다'라는 뜻의 Walghe와 '새'를 뜻하는 voghel의 합성어다.

도도(Dodo)라는 이름이 어디에서 왔는지 명확하지가 않다. 과거에는 '게으른'을 뜻하는 네덜란드어 'dodoor'에서 따왔다는 설이 유력했지만, 현재는 '뚱뚱한 엉덩이'를 뜻하는 네덜란드어 단어 'dodaars'에서 왔다는 설이 유력하다.

이외에도 '바보'를 뜻하는 옛 포르투갈어 단어 'doudo'에서 유래되었다는 이야기도 있으나, 당시 포르투갈인이 도도를 언급한 기록이 전무하기에 거짓일 가능성이 높다. 도도가 내는 울음소리에서 착안해 도도라는 이름을 붙였다는 설도 있다.

도도의 속명인 Raphus는 '느시' 종명인 cucullatus는 '두건을 두른'이란 뜻이다.

1766년, 도도의 명명자인 칼 폰 린네는 원래 '무능한 도도'라는 뜻의 Didus ineptus를 도도의 학명으로 쓸 예정이었으나, 마트린 쟈크 브리송이라는 프랑스 동물학자가 그보다 6년 먼저 Raphus라는 도도의 속명을 명명한 탓에 어쩔 수 없이 Raphus cucllatus로 명명했다.

The Dodo bird

dodo, (Raphus cucullatus), extinct flightless bird of Mauritius (an island of the Indian Ocean), one of the three species that constituted the family Raphidae, usually placed with pigeons in the order Columbiformes but sometimes separated as an order (Raphiformes).

The common name for Raphus cucullatus is Dodo. It was an extinct flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius. 

The Dodo bird, scientifically known as Raphus cucullatus, was primarily a forest-dwelling bird, making its home in the woods of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. These forests, characterized by both dry lowland and moist montane areas, were home to the dodo. The dodo's habitat was primarily within the lush forests, though they were also known to venture towards the shoreline.

특징

도도의 서식지였던 모리셔스엔 도도를 노릴만한 포식자가 없어서 도도는 굳이 날 필요가 없도록 진화했다.

비둘기과에 속하며 가까운 친척으로는 역시 멸종된 솔리테어와 현재도 살아있는 니코바르비둘기(Nicobar Pigeon, Caloenas nicobaria)가 있다.

Adult_Nicobar Pigeon

*The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö ) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau.

It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.

The Nicobar pigeon is the closest living relative of the dodo

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subtribe Raphina, a clade of extinct flightless birds that are a part of the group that includes pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae). 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 it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based on the also-extinct Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos.

Subfossil remains show the dodo measured about 62.6–75 centimetres (2.05–2.46 ft) in height and may have weighed 10.6–17.5 kg (23–39 lb) in the wild. The dodo's appearance in life is evidenced only by drawings, paintings, and written accounts from the 17th century.

View of the Mauritius_roadstead engraving

1601 engraving showing Dutch activities on the shore of Mauritius and the first published depiction of a dodo on the left (2, called "Walchvoghel")

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Labelled sketch from 1634 by Sir Thomas Herbert,

showing a broad-billed parrot, a red rail, and a dodo

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625, which may be one of the most accurate depictions of a live dodo. Two live specimens were brought to India in the 1600s according to Peter Mundy, and the specimen depicted might have been one of these. Other birds depicted are Loriculus galgulus (upper left) Tragopan melanocephalus (upper right), Anser indicus (lower left) (although the pose and pattern suggests a hybrid, possibly related to the Indian runner duck - note upright posture, long neck and smaller size although this is clearly not to scale going by the lorikeet) Pterocles indicus (lower right)

Painting of a dodo head by Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) from 1638, which may be one of the last illustrations made of a live dodo. It is housed at Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam.

Compilation of the Gelderland ship's journal sketches from 1601 of live and recently killed dodos, attributed to Joris Laerle

Dodo and its gizzard stone by Carolus Clusius from 1605, copied from an illustration in the journal of Jacob van Neck

Edwards's Dodo

The famous Edwards's Dodo, painted by Roelant Savery in 1626