2009-07-16T09:44:01-04:00 100288 2009-02-16 2 2 The dodo (<i>Raphus cucullatus</i>) was a flightless bird related to pigeons and doves, endemic to the Indian Ocean island Mauritius. The dodo went extinct in the 17th century. No complete skeletons of the dodo are known, but numerous fossil elements have been recovered from the island of Mauritius in the 19th century, and a head and foot are preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University. 2 199836 2 2 2 2 2010-01-29T17:38:03-05:00