What are the dodo's traits??

Question

really need the answer for a project due on Friday:11/2/06!!

Answer 1

First things first: to find more accurate information, it's better to use the scientific name of a species in your web searches. The name of the dodo is Raphus cucullatus (although it was originally described as Didus ineptus), and it belonged to order Columbiformes, like the doves and pigeons.

As a Columbiform, it shares the diagnostic features for the order (try looking that up). In particular, it was a large flightless bird that inhabited the Mascarene Islands, in the Indian Ocean.

Interesting tidbit: there was another Columbiform in the Mascarene Islands that also went extinct, the "solitaire" (Pezophaps solitaria)

Here's a brief scientific article with reliable information:
http://abc.zoo.ox.ac.uk/Papers/science02_dodo.pdf
(also check the references for more info)

and more information from the Animal Diversity Web:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Raphus_cucullatus.html

Good luck :-)

Answer 2

Here's a look link you could try:

http://www.birds.mu/Extinct/Dodo.htm

Answer 3

being extinct mainly