Mauritius, authoritatively the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean around 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) off the southeast bank of the African landmass. The nation incorporates the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, 560 kilometers (350 mi) east of Mauritius, and the external islands of Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues structure some portion of the Mascarene Islands, alongside close-by Réunion, a French abroad division. The territory of the nation is 2,040 km2 (790 sq mi). The capital and biggest city is Port Louis. The island is broadly known as the main known home of the dodo, which, alongside a few other avian animal groups, was made terminated by human exercises generally soon after the island's settlement. Once a Dutch state (1638– 1710) and a French province (1715– 1810), Mauritius turned into a British pilgrim ownership in 1810 and remained so until 1968, the year wherein it accomplished autonomy. The British Crown province of Mauritius once incorporated the present domains of Mauritius, Rodrigues, the external islands of Agaléga, St. Brandon, Chagos Archipelago, and Seychelles. The Mauritian domains step by step declined with the making of a different state of Seychelles in 1903 and the extraction of the Chagos Archipelago in 1965. The power over the Chagos Archipelago is questioned among Mauritius and the United Kingdom. The UK extracted the archipelago from Mauritian region in 1965, three years before Mauritian autonomy. The UK step by step eradicated the archipelago's neighborhood populace and rented its greatest island, Diego Garcia, to the United States. Access to the Chagos Archipelago is disallowed to easygoing sightseers, the media, and its previous occupants. Mauritius likewise asserts sway over Tromelin Island from France.

Port Louis is the capital city of Mauritius. It is predominantly situated in the Port Louis District, with a little western part operating at a profit River District. Port Louis is the nation's financial, social and political focus, and most crowded city. It is directed by the Municipal City Council of Port Louis.

Trochetia boutoniana likewise known by its local Creole name boucle d'oreille is a bush from the class Trochetia endemic to Mauritius. It can achieve a tallness up to 3 m. The leaves are oval molded and because of its xerophyte adjustments it is rugged on the underparts. Likewise, stipules are available. The petals are somewhere in the range of 5 and 6 cm and they develop unevenly. They are chime molded and their shading is dull red with a white foundation. The container is globular and contains up to 10 dark seeds.Trochetia boutoniana is the national bloom of Mauritius since 1992.

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is a terminated flightless feathered creature that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's nearest hereditary relative was the likewise wiped out Rodrigues solitaire, the two shaping the subfamily Raphinae of the group of pigeons and birds. The nearest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. Subfossil remains demonstrate the dodo was around 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) tall and may have weighed 10.6– 17.5 kg (23– 39 lb) in nature. The dodo's appearance in life is confirm just by illustrations, works of art, and composed records from the seventeenth century. As these shift impressively, and just a portion of the delineations are known to have been drawn from live examples, its accurate appearance in life stays uncertain, and little is thought about its conduct. In spite of the fact that the dodo has verifiably been viewed as fat and ungainly, it is presently thought to have been well-adjusted for its environment. It has been portrayed with earthy dark plumage, yellow feet, a tuft of tail quills, a dim, stripped head, and a dark, yellow, and green mouth. It utilized gizzard stones to help digest its nourishment, which is thought to have included natural products, and its principle territory is accepted to have been the forested areas in the drier waterfront territories of Mauritius. The primary recorded notice of the dodo was by Dutch mariners in 1598. In the next years, the fowl was chased by mariners and intrusive species, while its environment was being demolished. The last generally acknowledged locating of a dodo was in 1662.