All Wrapped Up in Mama’s Arms Tattoo by Den The caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia, and Africa.  The word caracal comes from the Turkish word “karakulak”, meaning “black ear” (from it’s distinguishable elongated, tufted black ears).  In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh, which is a Persian term also meaning “black ears”.  In Afrikaans it’s called Rooikat, or “red cat”.  Although it has traditionally been referred [...]

Ape Town Tattoo by Joshua Carlton Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Tribe: Homini Subtribe: Panina Genus: Pan Chimpanzee (or Chimp) is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan.  The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species; the Common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes (West and Central Afric), and the Bonobo, Pan paniscus (forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo).  Chimpanzees are [...]