Feb 23, 2018 · As the only soft tissue of a dodo known to exist, the head has been studied for centuries, and not always in ways that we would approve of today.

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire.

In addition to our model dodos, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is home to the Oxford Dodo – the only surviving remains of dodo soft tissue that exists anywhere in the world. Read on to learn about one of the most iconic specimens in the Museum's collections.

Apr 20, 2018 · There are only about a dozen dodo skeletons in museums that remain. The mummified head and foot of a dodo at Oxford’s Natural History Museum is the only known surviving soft tissue.

Apr 20, 2018 · The Oxford Dodo - the world's most famous example of the extinct bird - was shot in the head, research has found. Historians believed the flightless creature had been kept alive in a 17th...

Jan 9, 2009 · Today, the most famous piece of naturalia originating in the Tradescant Collection – and perhaps the most famous single item in the University Museum of Natural History – is this unprepossessing object: the head of a Dodo.

Jan 24, 2017 · By Mark Carnall, Life Collections manager. The museum holds the only remaining soft tissue of the extinct dodo known anywhere in the world. The partially dissected skin of the head and scales from the feet of a single dodo represent one of …

The pictures show the only intact skull in existence (still covered with skin on one side), which was taken from the last surviving mounted specimen. Many thanks to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History for providing us with these pictures.

The Oxford Dodo Raphus cucullatus is a prized specimen in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH), representing the last soft-tissue of any Dodo anywhere in the world.

Apr 20, 2018 · Probably as it was being hunted as wildfowl. The Oxford dodo is famously the only intact dodo head specimen in the world. A team at the University of Warwick used forensic CT scanning...