Raphus Collection

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
Plate 1 from Memoirs on the Dodo by Sir Richard Owen, 1866

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
A mounted specimen of the extinct flightless bird, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius and became extinct during the late 1600s

Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodo
Plate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus, extinct flightless bird.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Dodo, Didus ineptus or Raphus cucullatus.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

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

Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo
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

Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo
Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (vulnerable), and dodo, Raphus cucullatus (extinct)
FLO4727749 Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (vulnerable), and dodo, Raphus cucullatus (extinct). Handcoloured lithograph by Bretzing from an illustration by Ludwig Meyer from Friedrich Philipp

Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from an English translation of
FLO4597334 Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from an English translation of Buffon's Natural History, London, circa 1800.; (add.info.: Eagle)

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus or Didus ineptus. Extinct flightless bird. Illustration copied from George Edwards
FLO4640591 Dodo, Raphus cucullatus or Didus ineptus. Extinct flightless bird. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket

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 Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from William Smellie's Natural History, Thomas Kelly, London

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

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

Metatarsus and toes of the dodo and various pigeons
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, Geophaps smithii 8

Metatarsus bones of the dodo, crowned pigeon
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

First published illustration of a dodo by van Neck, 1601
Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Necks Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)

Dodo at The African Museum of the Island of Aix
A Dodo at The African Museum of the Island of Aix is a French museum located on the island of Aix in Charente-Maritime. Sharing the label museum of France with the nearby Napoleonic Museum

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Copperplate engraving by T
FLO4591510 Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Copperplate engraving by T. Milton after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Abraham Rees Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary

Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus)
FLO4695801 Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from William Smellies Natural History

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Pass from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, London, 1801

Dodo, kiwi, cassowary, ostrich and bustard
Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (extinct), ostrich, Struthio camelus, great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (vulnerable), and North Island brown kiwi

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

Hooded dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Pass after George Edwards from John Wilkes Encyclopedia Londinensis, London, 1803

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

Skulls of pigeons and dodo
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, crowned pigeon

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 and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum
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

Willem Bontekoes illustration of the dodo
Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoes illustration of the dodo, from his Voyage, 1646. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve

Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, by Francois Leguat from his Voyage, published 1708. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Rodrigues solitaire and domed Rodrigues giant
Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct. Facsimile of the frontispiece of Francois Leguats Voyage, published 1708

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

Willem Pisos illustration of the dodo, 1658
Willem Pisos illustration of the dodo, from Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis, 1658. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London

Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe s
Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoes illustration of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus, 1648. Title page from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London

Head and tail of the dodo by various artists
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

Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequats Voyages, 1708. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1917

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

White dodo heads by Cornelis Saftleven and Jan Goeimare
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). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

White dodo and duck by Pieter Withoos
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)

White dodo II by Pieter Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1917

White dodo I by Pieter II Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1917

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). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

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, 1651 (16)

Dodos and parrots from Willem van West-Zanen s
Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanens Journal, and copies of Salomon Saverys white dodo by Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 and Gillis Joosten Saeghman, 1665

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Raphus, also known as the Reunion white dodo or Raphus solitarius, was a fascinating bird species that once inhabited the island of Réunion, and is often confused with its close relative, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus), which became extinct centuries ago. The dodo, scientifically known as Didus ineptus, was a flightless bird native to Mauritius. Its name has become synonymous with extinction and foolishness due to its unfortunate demise at the hands of humans and introduced predators. Although closely related, Raphus and the dodo had distinct characteristics. The design of their bodies differed slightly; however, both were large birds with stout beaks and wings too small for flying. Their skeletal remains provide valuable insights into their anatomy and appearance. The skull, jaw, and sclerotic bones of the dodo have been meticulously studied by scientists in an attempt to reconstruct this enigmatic creature's features. From upper and lower views to side profiles captured in detailed wood engravings like Roelandt Saverys' famous painting of the dodo - these images offer glimpses into what this unique bird may have looked like during its existence. Today we can only marvel at facsimiles of pictures depicting Raphus cucullatus or admire reconstructed skeletons on display. These remnants serve as poignant reminders of our responsibility towards preserving biodiversity for future generations. As we reflect upon Raphus' tragic fate alongside its cousin's extinction story, let us remember how crucial it is to protect vulnerable species from similar fates. May these captivating creatures continue to inspire us to appreciate nature's wonders while urging us towards conservation efforts that ensure no more magnificent beings are lost forever.