Speculation, statistics, facts and the Dodo's extinction date

Anthony S. Cheke

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Two recent papers claiming to offer reasons to support a late (1680s+) extinction date for the Dodo Raphus cucullatus base their arguments on information that does not in fact alter the biological and historical facts suggesting extinction on mainland Mauritius in the 1640s and on an offshore refuge in 1662. Recently accessible manuscripts indicating that the Dutch settlers in Mauritius saw no Dodos during 1664–1674 reinforce this view.

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1921Collection des Ouvrages Anciens concernant Madagascar 2006The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius 2013The dodo and the solitaire: a natural history 2008Dead as a dodo: the fortuitous rise to fame of an extinction icon 2013Added credence for a late Dodo extinction date 2003The journal of the flagshipGelderland– dodo and other birds on Mauritius 1601 2009The dodo and scientific fantasies: durable myths of a tough bird

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