In 1842, Danish zoologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt proposed that dodos were ground pigeons, based on studies of a dodo skull he had discovered in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
En 1842, o zoólogo danés Johannes Theodor Reinhardt propuxo que os dodos eran pombas terrestres, baseándose no estudo dun cranio de dodo que descubrira na colección do Museo de Historia Natural de Dinamarca.