No, Rodrigues Solitaire is not a lonely man's card game, but rather an extinct flightless bird once native to the island of Rodrigues, near Madagascar. What family of birds did it belong to?

Much like its nearby cousin, the Dodo, the Rodrigues Solitaire was genetically within the family of pigeons and doves. Rodrigues solitaires were the size of swans, and were known for having males that were much larger than the females.

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