Illustration of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus here as Didus cucullatus), an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Illustration by Frederick William Frohawk from 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times: that is, within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction' by Baron, Lionel Walter Rothschild, published in 1907.