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The dodo, the deer and a 1647 voyage to Japan
More has been written about the iconic Dodo Raphus cucullatus of Mauritius than any other extinct bird, yet despite its familiarity, only a few specimens were exported from Mauritius; individual…
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Captive birds on Dutch Mauritius: bad-tempered parrots, warty pigeons and notes on other native animals
During the occupation of Mauritius by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, live dodos and other animals were transported to the east and west as curiosities and gifts by the Dutch East India…
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The intercultural dodo: a drawing from the School of Bundi, Rājasthān
The iconic dodo Raphus cucullatus once occurred on the isolated Mascarene Island of Mauritius, situated in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Mauritius was once a paradise for a unique flora and fauna…
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An Analysis of Crop Sugars in the Oriental Fruit Fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Hawaii, and Correlation with Possible Food Sources
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A qualitative chemical analysis by gas chromatography of the sugars present in the crops of adult oriental fruit fly males captured at different locations on Oahu, Hawaii was made and the data used in an attempt to correlate the sugar profile of the crop with those from juices and sap collected from selected fruits found at the site of fly capture.
A famine in Surat in 1631 and Dodos on Mauritius: a long lost manuscript rediscovered
In 1887 Dutch archivist A. J. Servaas van Rooijen published a transcript of a hand-written copy of an anonymous missive or letter, dated 1631, about a horrific famine and epidemic in Surat, India,…
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A parakeet specimen held at National Museums Scotland is a unique skin of the extinct Réunion ParakeetPsittacula eques eques: a reply to Cheke and Jansen ()
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A parakeet specimen held at National Museums Scotland is a unique skin of the extinct Reunion Parakeet Psittacula eques eques: a reply to Cheke and Jansen.
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A treasure of endemic fauna of Mauritius and Rodrigues
This publication deals with the endemic species of the Indian ocean islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues. The author describes the extinct and extant birds and animals in word and art. The book is…
The Dutch East India Company and the Transport of Live Exotic Animals in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Dutch East India Company (VOC) played an important role in the transport of live animals across the Indian Ocean and beyond. The ocean’s geological…
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