Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria). This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island, Masca

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Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria). This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands. Illustration by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.

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Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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