Red Rail, One-Horned Sheep, Dodo Bird, 1617

Dodo, one-horned sheep, and red rail, as depicted by Pieter van den Broecke in the year 1617. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) was an extinct, flightless rail, also endemic to Mauritius. The one-horned sheep is an imaginary creature

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom

1600s 1617 Cucullatus Dodo Endemic Fanciful Flightless Imaginary Mauritius Pieter Raphus

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