World Okapi Day

18th October is World Okapi Day! Meet the bizarre half-giraffe-half-zebra, endemic to the rainforests of DR Congo, that rocks striped pants like nobody else! Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday magazine.

Okapis are endangered, having endured poaching, hunting, habitat loss, and collateral damage from armed conflict in the region. The Okapi Conservation Project works towards the conservation of this beautiful, gentle ungulate. 

Get Okapi prints and merchandise on my Redbubble webstore, shipped worldwide. (Okapi Stripes, Okapi Kakapo, Okapi caricature)

No Shave November Indian Wildlife Challenge

The No Shave November Indian Wildlife challenge! Which one are you taking?

Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Tapirs of the World

Meet the tapirs- the cutest possible crosses between elephants and pigs, in this brand new poster!

Tapirs are large, herbivorous, forest-dwelling animals found in Central and South America, and South-East Asia. They are characterized by their prehensile nose trunks, that give them their exceptional sense of smell. Tapir piglets of all species sport bright spots and stripes to aid camouflage.

There are five extant species- four in Central and South America (The Baird's, Kabomani, South American and Mountain Tapirs) and one in South-East Asia (Malayan Tapir). All the five species are threatened by hunting and habitat loss throughout their range.The Kabomani Tapir was described in 2013, making it the first odd-toed ungulate discovered in a century!

Prints of the compilation are available on my webstore here.

The Gaur

The Gaur or the Indian Bison is not just the largest wild ox in the world, but is also very particular about footwear! From my column with Roundglass Samsara.