Tambalacoque (also called the dodo tree) Sideroxylon grandiflorum formerly Calvaria major, is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to Mauritius. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... Scientific classification - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons. ... Genera Argania Aubregrinia Aulandra Autranella Baillonella Breviea Burckella Butyrospermum Capurodendron Chromolucuma Chrysophyllum Delpydora Diploknema Diploon Eberhardtia Ecclinusa Elaeoluma Englerophytum Faucherea Gluema Inhambanella Isonandra Labourdonnaisia Labramia Lecomtedoxa Leptostylis Letestua Madhuca Manilkara Micropholis Neohemsleya Neolemonniera Nesoluma Niemeyera Northia Omphalocarpum Palaquium Payena Pichonia Pouteria Pradosia Pycnandra Sarcaulus Sideroxylon Tieghemella Tridesmostemon Tsebona Vitellaria Vitellariopsis... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Genera Argania Aubregrinia Aulandra Autranella Baillonella Breviea Burckella Butyrospermum Capurodendron Chromolucuma Chrysophyllum Delpydora Diploknema Diploon Eberhardtia Ecclinusa Elaeoluma Englerophytum Faucherea Gluema Inhambanella Isonandra Labourdonnaisia Labramia Lecomtedoxa Leptostylis Letestua Madhuca Manilkara Micropholis Neohemsleya Neolemonniera Nesoluma Niemeyera Northia Omphalocarpum Palaquium Payena Pichonia Pouteria Pradosia Pycnandra Sarcaulus Sideroxylon Tieghemella Tridesmostemon Tsebona Vitellaria Vitellariopsis... This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ... The Republic of Mauritius is an island country in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km east of Madagascar. ...

In 1973, it was thought that this species was dying out. There were only 13 specimens left, and all of them were about 300 years old. Stanley Temple put forward the theory that the dodo, which became extinct in 1681, ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo did the seeds become active and start to grow. After a while, it was discovered the same effect could be accomplished by getting turkeys to eat the seeds. Turkeys showed no interest in whole tambalacoque fruit, but were willing to swallow the seeds, which sprouted after passing through turkey gizzards. New seedlings have germinated, and the species appears to have been saved, though the seedlings have not yet produced seeds of their own. The dodo tree is valued on Mauritius for its timber; the foresters now abrade the seeds by hand in order to get them to sprout, rather than feeding them to turkeys. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Stanley A. Stan Temple Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. ... Binomial name Raphus cucullatus ( Linnaeus, 1758) The Mauritius Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus), more commonly just Dodo, was a metre-high flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Species Meleagris gallopavo Meleagris ocellata A turkey is either of two species of large birds in the gamebird family with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks. ...

However, this theory that the tree required the dodo has been contested; others have suggested the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds, such as tortoises, fruit bats or native parrots. Strahm and Cheke, two experts in Mascarene ecology, claim that while a rare tree, it has germinated since the demise of the dodo and numbers in the hundreds, not 13. The decline of the tree is possibly because of introduced pigs and monkeys and competition with introduced plants. Catling (2001) in a summary cites Owadally and Temple (1979), and Witmer (1991). For the band, see Tortoise (band). ... Large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera within the order Chiroptera (bats). ... For the runtime engine for Perl 6, see Parrot virtual machine. ... Ecology can mean either: the natural environment, or an analysis or study using the principles and methods of ecological science. ... Sweet clover (Melilotus sp. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Matthew McCarthy is part monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ...

References

• Temple, S.A., 1977. Plant-animal mutualism: coevolution with Dodo leads to near extinction of plant. Science 187: 885-886
• Carla Helfferich, 1990. The Turkey and the Tambalacoque Tree (http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF11/1110.html)
• Paul M. Catling, 2001. Extinction and the importance of history and dependence in conservation. Biodiversity 2(3) pdf  (http://www.tc-biodiversity.org/sample-extinction.pdf)
• Owadally, A. W. and Temple, S. A., 1979. The dodo and the tambalacoque tree. Science 1363-1364
• Witmer, M. C. and Cheke, A. S., 1991. The dodo and the tambalacoque tree: an obligate mutualism reconsidered. Oikos 61: 133-137
• David Quammen, 1996. The Song of the Dodo.