Didus Ineptus Collection

Didus ineptus, dodo design
Drawing 51 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the panel over doorway in the South East gallery, first floor of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875

Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
FLO4612197 Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo
FLO4612158 Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo

Willem Piso's illustration of the dodo, from Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis, 1658
FLO4612072 Willem Piso's illustration of the dodo, from Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis, 1658. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin
FLO4612060 Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequat's Voyages, 1708
FLO4612049 Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequat's Voyages, 1708. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo statue on the facade of the Scotch House in Veere, the Netherlands, 1561. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4611950 Dodo statue on the facade of the Scotch House in Veere, the Netherlands, 1561. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5, 6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner
FLO4612182 Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5, 6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Skulls of tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, critically endangered 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 dodo
FLO4612171 Skulls of tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, critically endangered 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 dodo, Raphus cucullatus 2, yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 3, 6

Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, 1848 (lithograph)
FLO4612102 Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, 1848 (lithograph); (add.info.: Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, by Francois Leguat from his Voyage, published 1708)

Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland
FLO4612153 Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve

Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct
FLO4612106 Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct

Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius
FLO4612076 Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)

Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanenos Journal
FLO4611988 Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanenos Journal, and copies of Salomon Savery's white dodo by Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 and Gillis Joosten Saeghman

Dodo by Adriaen van de Venne, male, 1626 (8) and dodo by Gillis de Hondecoeter (Honderkoeter), male, 1626 (9)
FLO4611983 Dodo by Adriaen van de Venne, male, 1626 (8) and dodo by Gillis de Hondecoeter (Honderkoeter), male, 1626 (9). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by George
FLO4694425 Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by George Shaw from his Zoological Lectures, Delivered at the Royal Institution

Metatarsus and toes of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-5, foot of the yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 6
FLO4612178 Metatarsus and toes of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-5, foot of the yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 6, stock dove, Columba oenas 7 and partridge pigeon

Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo
FLO4612152 Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve

Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo, from his Voyage, 1646
FLO4612144 Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo, from his Voyage, 1646. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred

Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery
FLO4612067 Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo. Title page from Hugh Edwin Strickland
FLO4612063 Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo. Title page from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve

White dodo head by Cornelis Saftleven, male, 1637, after a painting in the Museum Boijmans of Rotterdam (25)
FLO4612041 White dodo head by Cornelis Saftleven, male, 1637, after a painting in the Museum Boijmans of Rotterdam (25), and white dodo head by Jan Goeimare, male, 1853 (26)

White dodo II by Pieter Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4612015 White dodo II by Pieter Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

White dodo I by Pieter II Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4612010 White dodo I by Pieter II Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

Copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Michiel de Groot, 1682 (17), Gijsbert de Groot, 1724 (18)
FLO4612009 Copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Michiel de Groot, 1682 (17), Gijsbert de Groot, 1724 (18), Isaak van der Putte, 1733 (19) and Jan Morterre, 1757 (20)

Hooded dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Pass after George
FLO4618710 Hooded dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Pass after George Edwards from John Wilkes Encyclopedia Londinensis, London

Side, front and back of the leg of a dodo in the British Museum. Illustration drawn
FLO4612128 Side, front and back of the leg of a dodo in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
FLO4612190 Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Facsimile of Roelandt Savery's picture of the dodo in the Bellvedere at Vienna, 1628
FLO4612095 Facsimile of Roelandt Savery's picture of the dodo in the Bellvedere at Vienna, 1628. Handcoloured lithograph after Roelandt Savery from Hugh Edwin Strickland

White dodo by Johann Walther, female, 1657 (27) and white dodo by Jacob Hoefnagel, young male, 1609 (28)
FLO4612042 White dodo by Johann Walther, female, 1657 (27) and white dodo by Jacob Hoefnagel, young male, 1609 (28). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

17th century copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1662 (13), Joost Hartgers
FLO4611990 17th century copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1662 (13), Joost Hartgers, 1650 (14), Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 (15) and Gijsbert Sijbes

Northern cassowary and extinct dodo, 1794 (engraving)
5912574 Northern cassowary and extinct dodo, 1794 (engraving); (add.info.: Northern cassowary, Casuarius unappendiculatus, and extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus)

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Didus ineptus), extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich
FLO4719838 Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Didus ineptus), extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History

Metatarsus bones of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-10, crowned pigeon, Goura coronata 12-17, tooth-billed pigeon
FLO4612222 Metatarsus bones of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-10, crowned pigeon, Goura coronata 12-17, tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 18, 19 and other birds

Head and tail of the dodo by Roelandt Savery, Johan Neiuhof, Jacob de Bondt, Ludwig Schmoor von Carolsfeld, G
FLO4612057 Head and tail of the dodo by Roelandt Savery, Johan Neiuhof, Jacob de Bondt, Ludwig Schmoor von Carolsfeld, G. Krause, etc. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

White dodo I by Pieter Withoos, female, Illustrated London News, 1856 (23) and white dodo II by Pieter Withoos, female
FLO4612017 White dodo I by Pieter Withoos, female, Illustrated London News, 1856 (23) and white dodo II by Pieter Withoos, female, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1863 (24)

Dodo of Iohan Theodor and Iohan Israel de Bry, female, 1601, and copy in the Florence Codex, female, circa 1703
FLO4611977 Dodo of Iohan Theodor and Iohan Israel de Bry, female, 1601, and copy in the Florence Codex, female, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo of the Scotch House, Veere, 1561, and dodo from the Florence Codex, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4611958 Dodo of the Scotch House, Veere, 1561, and dodo from the Florence Codex, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Side view of the head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum and restored head in the British Museum
FLO4612112 Side view of the head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum and restored head in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Dodo of Jacob Cornelisz van Neck, female, 1601 (4) and Dodo of Carolus Clusius, female, 1605 (5)
FLO4611969 Dodo of Jacob Cornelisz van Neck, female, 1601 (4) and Dodo of Carolus Clusius, female, 1605 (5). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Extinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from Die Illustrirte Welt
FLO4648887 Extinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from Die Illustrirte Welt (The Illustrated World), Stuttgart, Germany, 1857.; (add.info.: Extinct flightless bird)

The Dodo (Didus Ineptus) (engraving)
669611 The Dodo (Didus Ineptus) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dodo (Didus Ineptus)

Extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Didus ineptus)
6337049 Extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Didus ineptus) by Edwards, George (1694-1773) (after); (add.info.: Extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Didus ineptus)

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Didus ineptus, also known as the dodo bird, was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius. Unfortunately, due to human activity and introduced predators, this unique species went extinct in the 17th century. The dodo's inability to fly made it an easy target for hunters and its lack of fear towards humans ultimately led to its downfall. Despite its clumsy appearance and seemingly inept nature, the dodo played a crucial role in its ecosystem as a seed disperser. Its extinction serves as a stark reminder of the impact that human actions can have on vulnerable species. Today, the didus ineptus remains a symbol of extinction caused by human interference. It serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of conservation efforts and protecting biodiversity. Let us learn from the mistakes of our past and work towards preserving our planet's precious wildlife before it's too late.