Question: The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna, some have already become extinct, most famously The Dodo, an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in which water location?

<P0-S0> The dodo ("Raphus cucullatus") is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. <P0-S1>  The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves. <P0-S2>  The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. <P0-S3>  A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but this is now thought to have been confusion based on the Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos. <SEP> <P1-S0> Professor Carl G. Jones, MBE (born 20 June 1954) is a Welsh conservation biologist, who has been employed by Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust since 1985, and a founding member (1984) and current scientific director of Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF). <P1-S1>  Additionally he is Chief Scientist at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, and an honorary professor in ecology and conservation biology at the University of East Anglia. <P1-S2>  Often outspoken on the importance of knowing your species and using intuition, empathy and practical knowledge over dogmatic education, Jones is best known for his work in recovering the Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus) from just four individuals in 1974, to an estimated 400. <P1-S3>  Working in the Mascarene Islands since 1979, Jones has led five successful bird restoration projects where the starting population has numbered less than 12 individuals, as a consequence Mauritius has averted more bird extinctions than any other country. <P1-S4>  Jones has pioneered the use of ecological or taxon replacements to fill the ecological roles of extinct animals and successfully restored levels of endemic vegetation to previously denuded islets. <P1-S5>  Jones' work has been highlighted in Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine's 1990 radio documentary "Last Chance to See", along with its accompanying book, as well as David Quammen's 1996 book "The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions". <SEP> <P2-S0> The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna. <P2-S1>  Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. <P2-S2>  Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world. <P2-S3>  Many of these are now threatened with extinction because of human activities including habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species. <P2-S4>  Some have already become extinct, most famously the Dodo which disappeared in the 17th century. <SEP> <P3-S0> The Rodrigues solitaire ("Pezophaps solitaria") is an extinct, flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. <P3-S1>  Genetically within the family of pigeons and doves, it was most closely related to the also extinct dodo of Mauritius, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae. <P3-S2>  The Nicobar pigeon is their closest living genetic relative.