Now, the island of Mauritius is a small island off the east coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, and it is the place where the dodo bird was discovered and extinguished, all within about 150 years.
Maurīcija ir maza sala, kas atrodas Indijas okeānā, uz austrumiem no Madagaskaras un tā ir vieta, kur pirmo reizi tika atrasti un 150 gadu laikā iznīcināti dodo putni.