Plaster cast of Oxford Dodo (NHMW-ZOO-VS 97062)

3D Model

3D scan of a plaster cast of a dodo skull with skin of the original in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Due to their life on an island ecosystem, they were not exposed to larger predators and evolved a complete absence of fear of humans, which made them easy prey and led to their extinction within 100 years after their discovery in 1598 by a Dutch fleet led by Van Warwjick.

The cast can be found in Hall 31 of the NHM Vienna.

It was digitized for the go!digital 3.0 project bITEM.

Specimen: Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-VS 97062

Collection: NHMW, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

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Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & N. Brodtmann (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.